12 Simple Texts That Actually Help Someone Grieving—Especially Around the Holidays

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For grievers, it’s never too early to start thinking about the holidays.

Just like they brace for death anniversaries and birthdays, many grieving people begin bracing for the holiday season weeks—sometimes months — in advance.

It’s a season of my own life and grief that I refer to as “the tilt” where, similar to a rollercoaster tilting over the precipice of a steep drop, there is an unavoidable and emotional path ahead. From Thanksgiving through New Year’s, ev...