In a used bookstore in Philadelphia, I paid eight dollars for a collection of dead people. Of course, bookstores generally do not deal in cadavers. But they do sell objects imbued with history: a ...

DEAR ERIC: Can you cast any light on sending money with sympathy cards? I have never heard of that in my 77 years of life. Personally, I would feel insulted if somebody put money in a sympathy card.

It's natural to want to help a bereaved family during their time of loss, but whether you should put money in a sympathy card can actually be a bit of a touchy subject. Like everything else ...

While you probably don’t need me to state the obvious for you, I will. No one wants to write a sympathy card. It sucks. Someone that you care about lost someone that they care about, and that’s never ...

There's a nonstop party going on in my Bible, and all the guests, sadly but undeniably, are dead. Every time I attend a funeral, I take one of those prayers cards stacked near the sign-in book. You ...

How do you find the right words to express your deepest sympathies when someone passes away? Sadly, losing a loved one will happen to most of us during our lives. Just the same, there’ll be times ...