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When interfaith families navigate memorial traditions

My adult children want to plan a memorial service for my husband that includes spiritual elements from his Native heritage, but I converted to Christianity when we married and I'm struggling with participating in ceremonies that feel foreign to my faith even though they honored his. We all want to love him well but we don't agree on how.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Those who shared love with someone must learn how to honor all the spiritual homes that person carried, even when they cannot enter every room.

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