Carlson Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home

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2320 Black Road, Joilet, IL 60435
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Grief Library

Grief Support Articles

At Need: When no prearrangment for funeral has been made

Cremation or Burial? Families Don't Always Agree

Do We Choose?

Emotional Aspects of Cremation

Keeping Secrets

Marking Milestones

Music

The Comfort Of A Hug

The Food Ritual

The Grieving Child: Part I

The Grieving Child: Part II

The Ripple Effect



Ask the Experts

A Young Child's Grief

How Can I Find the Words?

Out of the Blue She Spoke...

Should I Send a Thank-You Card to Everybody?


Grief Stories

In the Waves

Missing You

My Father, My Mother, My Brother

Thanks for Being My Dad

Unjust Death



Light a Candle here



Featured Story

One wave, a deep-sea monster cresting about five or six feet above the water's surface, caught me by surprise and pulled me under. I was sucked into the undertow. Every time I tried to surface for air, the wave sucked me back under it. I tried to fight my way to the top as my lungs screamed for air. I tried everything I had learned in all my years of swimming, but nothing worked. I couldn't get to the surface.

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