When someone you care about is grieving, it's hard to find the right words. When should you send a condolence card? How do you write a thoughtful and memorable condolence note? What common sympathy expressions should you avoid? To help you comfort and support a grieving colleague, friend or family member, LegacyConnect offers advice from condolence experts. Click on the links below to learn more about how to write condolence notes, what not to say and more.
How to Write a Sympathy Note
Why Write Sympathy Notes?
• Writing a Condolence Note
• Writing a Condolence Note to a Grieving Child or Adolescent
• What Makes a Condolence Note Memorable?
• Timing Your Condolence Notes
• Condolence Stationery
• Speaking of the Deceased
• Leaving a Message
Condolences for Specific Situations
• When Loss Hits the Workplace
• Condolences from the Group
• What to Say When Someone Dies Unexpectedly
• Supporting the Bereaved After a Suicide
• Youth Suicide: What You Can Say and Do to Help the Survivors
• When a Baby Dies
• Grieving Miscarriage
• How to Be Supportive After a Miscarriage
• What to Say to a Grieving Spouse
• What to Say When Someone's Ex Dies
• What to Say: Rocky Relationships
• Expressing Condolences for Difficult Relationships
What NOT to Say
• What Not to Say
• People Want to Be Helpful, But...
• Is It Ever Appropriate to Question the Bereaved?
• Making Amends for Something You Said
Ways to Show Sympathy and Support
• The Gift of Listening
• Why Is It So Hard to Listen?
• 7 Ways to Listen Better
• 6 Distractions That Hamper Listening
• 6 More Distractions That Hamper Listening
• The Importance of Empathy
How to Write an Obituary or Eulogy
• Giving a Eulogy
• Star Eulogies
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