Mueller Memorial Reaches Out to Grieving Minnesotans with Guide to Enjoying the Holidays
Summary
Within the guide they’ll find useful tips such as how to stay active, dealing with acute attacks of sadness and creating new traditions at local events.To help those coping with grief create new family traditions, “Happy at the Holidays” also offers a detailed list of low-cost and no-cost holiday events and activities around the Twin Cities.“But adding a new experience can be invigorating and could become a part of ‘the new normal.’” Mueller acknowledges that the holidays will never go back to what they once were, and it’s important for survivors take the time to accept and mourn for that.Within the guide they’ll find useful tips such as how to stay active, dealing with acute attacks of sadness and creating new traditions at local events.To help those coping with grief create new family traditions, “Happy at the Holidays” also offers a detailed list of low-cost and no-cost holiday events and activities around the Twin Cities.“It’s not that we want people to avoid all of the things that remind them of the person who died or to just stay busy to avoid dealing with grief (which happens a lot),” Mueller said.This prepares them to accept that, in time, the holidays may not be better or worse – just different.Those without access to email can call Mueller Memorial at 651-774-9797 and have a printed copy of “Happy at the Holidays” sent to their home.