How to Cope With Grief

Legacy offers advice from leading experts, helpful information related to loss, and to help you cope with the death of someone important to you. , find comfort and inspiration, and begin to heal.

Giving Tuesday Spotlight: Funeral Service Foundation

Tuesday, December 1, is Giving Tuesday, a day when we’re asked to step back from the shopping that dominates the days after Thanksgiving and do some good with our dollars. You might have a favorite charity to support on Giving Tuesday – or maybe you’re donating to a loved one’s favorite charity in their memory.

Find Comfort in Legacy's Grief Support Groups

The loss of a loved one can turn your world upside down in an instant and leave you feeling isolated from the world at large, but you are not alone. In , you’ll find help from others who have stood where you are standing right now. Our private Facebook groups offer a safe space to share your bereavement and connect with others experiencing the same kind of loss you are.

As We Mourn Suicide Losses, We Look for Support

If tragic news seems overwhelming, remember there is help.

Sydney Aiello (2000–2019), survivor of Parkland school shooting

Sydney Aiello was a recent graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where she was a survivor of the 2018 shooting that took the lives of 17 students and staff members.

What Obituaries Are Trying to Tell Us About Veterans and PTSD

Carlos Lopez Jr. was still a teenager when he signed up for a two-year stint in the U.S. Army. Not long after, the Iraq War began, and he became one of the first American soldiers to be deployed there, fighting battles in Baghdad, Najaf, and Fallujah.

Find People Who Understand: Connect With Others Grieving a Suicide Loss

To those grieving the loss of a loved one from suicide, we invite you to visit our "Suicide Loss" grief support group.

Suicide | Resources for Grief and Prevention

Around the world each year, more than 1 million people die by suicide and many millions more attempt to kill themselves. Learn what individuals and organizations around the world are doing to prevent suicide and what you can do to help. Get advice to help you cope with the suicide death of someone you love. Find information on mental health and wellness, and learn why it's important to get help for depression and other mental illnesses.

Addiction, Suicide and Obituaries

Families who've lost loved ones to addiction or suicide are speaking out in their obituaries.

Read This to Your Children

When 22-year-old took his own life, his mother did an extraordinary thing.

Deadly Depression

Families are often reluctant to speak about a loved one’s death by suicide. But the family of Brian Arredondo, who died at his own hand at age 24, opened up to a Boston Globe reporter.

When Your Sibling Dies by Suicide

Sibling survivors are often called the forgotten mourners.