The Bereaved’s Guide to Thanksgiving

4 Tips for Making the Holiday More Manageable

Kellyn Shoecraft

2 min readNov 24, 2019

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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

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