My grandmother died and our tradition requires her daughters to keen loudly at the funeral, but my mother had a stroke last year and cannot speak, and I do not know how to honor this ritual for both of them.
More people experience this than they realize.
Physical limitations can exclude people from the very rituals designed to help them process loss.
“Where Are You with African grief traditions — communal mourning?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.