Losing someone close to you is the most difficult thing a person can go through in life. Whether it's a friend, a parent, a child, or someone else, the death of a loved one is a heartbreaking and ...

"Our thoughts and prayers are with you." This statement of sympathy is almost predictable, and increasingly questioned or mocked by cynics for its appropriateness, after a tragic event. It has become ...

A reader wants others to know about some better ways to express sympathy. Dear Abby: My father passed away a couple of years ago, and my mother passed on recently. I have noticed something that I ...