Our family is halfway through shloshim for my father and my siblings and I keep clashing over everything — who's doing what for the unveiling, whether mom should be dating again, how to handle dad's things — and I feel like we're failing him by fighting when we should be unified in grief.
More people experience this than they realize.
A family bound by loss finds that grief amplifies old dynamics and creates new conflicts, making them question whether their discord dishonors the very person they're trying to mourn together.
“Where Are You with Jewish mourning — shiva shloshim yahrzeit?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.