The Bereaved’s Guide to Thanksgiving

4 Tips for Making the Holiday More Manageable

Kellyn Shoecraft

2 min readNov 24, 2019

--

Image credit: author

Image credit: author

Image credit: author

Image credit: author

Image credit: author

Image credit: author

Image credit: author

Kellyn Shoecraft

Written by Kellyn Shoecraft

Navigating sibling & parent loss and trying to change the way people support each other in grief. Founder at www.hereforyou.co

More from Kellyn Shoecraft

Thank you cards and why I don’t write them (anymore)

Kellyn Shoecraft

Thank you cards and why I don’t write them (anymore)

I come from a long line of fastidious thank you card writers. My grandmother once questioned me about why my husband didn’t write her a…

4 min readMay 31, 2018

--

I hate it when someone asks me, “how are you?”

Kellyn Shoecraft

I hate it when someone asks me, “how are you?”

I don’t like it when people I know ask me, “how are you?” The question has taken on new meaning since my sister died. I can’t begin to…

5 min readOct 5, 2018

--

Signs That my Grief is Still Raw

Kellyn Shoecraft

Signs That my Grief is Still Raw

4 min readNov 6, 2018

--

What Would Really Happen if we had Just ‘Five More Minutes…’

Kellyn Shoecraft

What Would Really Happen if we had Just ‘Five More Minutes…’

*I know that many have complicated relationships with friends or family. People are estranged, haven’t spoken in years, or have trouble…

2 min readMay 9, 2019

--

See all from Kellyn Shoecraft

Recommended from Medium

4 Habits of Emotionally Strong People

Nick Wignall

4 Habits of Emotionally Strong People

#1: Control your attention, not your emotions

7 min readMay 13

--

279

Stop Telling People Everything

Oyinade

Stop Telling People Everything

My experience

3 min readOct 9

--

582

Lists

Visual Storytellers Playlist

51 stories141 saves

Icon Design

31 stories170 saves

Staff Picks

521 stories488 saves

Medium Publications Accepting Story Submissions

155 stories1166 saves

10 Seconds That Ended My 20 Year Marriage

Unbecoming

10 Seconds That Ended My 20 Year Marriage

It’s August in Northern Virginia, hot and humid. I still haven’t showered from my morning trail run. I’m wearing my stay-at-home mom…

4 min readFeb 16, 2022

--

1016

A personal, non-partisan perspective on the Israel-Hamas war

Isaac Saul

A personal, non-partisan perspective on the Israel-Hamas war

To understand this war, we must understand the thousand-year history that led us here

11 min readOct 12

--

535

This is Why Old Men Prefer Young Girls

Desiree Peralta
in
Publishous

This is Why Old Men Prefer Young Girls

Spoiler alert: it’s because they are big losers.

7 min readNov 20

--

350

four cartoonish images of a white woman in business wear. i like this image because it looks like 4 different social media profiles.

Zulie Rane
in
The Startup

If You Want to Be a Creator, Delete All (But Two) Social Media Platforms

In October 2022, during the whole Elon Musk debacle, I finally deleted Twitter from my phone. Around the same time, I also logged out of…

8 min readApr 19

--

996

See more recommendations

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams