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25 Things To Do When Grandpa Passes Away, Mom and Dad Get Divorced, or the Dog Dies Our Lady of Guadalupe creating a tactile prayer toolChildren experience all sorts of grief and loss a death in the family, a divorce, an unexpected move, the loss of a pet. They need ways to acknowledge these losses and they need to be able to express their grief in physical ways. Some children need the activities we consider traditional: they conduct ceremonies or write letters to the people they have lost. Other children, overflowing with the anger that is a natural part of grief, need to pound,