My teenage daughter refuses to come to her grandfather's forty-day memorial and keeps saying it is meaningless, and I do not know whether to force her or let her process differently.
More people experience this than they realize.
Generational differences in religious practice collide with the universal need to process loss in personally meaningful ways.
“Where Are You with Islamic mourning — the forty-day tradition?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.