Mark Seiden Ph D

A Farewell Album for Loved Ones Mark Seiden Ph D

Recreating a family album has been a wonderfully therapeutic work of reconciliation for me. It has been my way of grieving and letting go. My experiences as a caregiver might just be helpful to you when you find yourself coping with the loss of parents. I do know this: writing about those experiences as they occur, then balancing them with old photographs and other memorabilia is one way of maintaining and advancing a family's history, its "book of life." Ultimately, there's something quite sacred about it: "Honor thy Father and Mother...."