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When memorial practices get overshadowed by pressure for replacement

I planted a garden for my stillborn baby but people keep asking when I'm going to try again instead of acknowledging the child I'm grieving now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Rituals that honor specific losses can be undermined by cultural assumptions that future possibilities should eclipse present grief.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief rituals across cultures — what they accomplish?”

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