Thoughtful Inc

Family-Grief

What to Say: Loss of a Parent

Parental loss can be emotionally difficult for a friend or loved one. Show you care with your support.

The Trapper Keeper

We’ll always have the past, to cherish in the present, to make plans for the future.

The Intimacy of Friendship

Friendship is finding someone you like and pursuing them.

Sick, but not Sorry

When you isolate yourself, it can be easy to convince yourself you’re an island.

Yearning for Images

Why, when we could simply “live in the moment,” do we choose to capture it in a photograph?

Simply Irresistible

The social connection of food is underrated.

I Hope Today is Better Than Yesterday

Simple check-ins can mean so much.

We Belong Together

A decade of “going for myself” became a summer of “going with each other.”

Dance, Dance, Revolution

This form of art is the great unifier.

It Runs in the Family

Family, like adulthood, is what you make it.

Don’t Make Unnecessary Journeys

Being there in rain or shine or hurriquakes.

No Simple Circumstances

Friendship of intention has greater stakes than friendship of circumstance.

Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

This holiday commemorates the death of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the eldest son of Bahá'u'lláh and one of the first leaders of the Bahá’í Faith.

Ayyám-i-Há

Ayyám-i-Há is a multi-day festival dedicated to socializing, charitable giving and preparing for upcoming days of fasting.

Birth of Bahá’u’lláh

Each year, the Bahá’í celebrate the Twin Holy Days honoring the Birth of the Báb and the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh, prophets of the Bahá’í Faith.

Las Posadas

This religious ceremony commemorates the travails of Joseph and Mary as they tried to find shelter prior to Jesus’s birth.

Anniversaries-Loss

Social Customs: Memorial Service

How to attend a memorial service and support those grieving

What to Say: Resignations

Support your loved ones if they decide to quit their job.

What to Say: Grad School Testing

Grad school is one challenge—preparing to get in is its own.

What to Say: Friendship Anniversary

A self-created celebration for a self-determined relationship type.

What to Say: First Job

Support your loved one through those overwhelming first days on the job.

Sleepless in the Mountains

At times, the sheen of sleeplessness adds to the glistening of life

Hard Calls

The truth is we’re all just going through this life and death for the first time together.

Religious Holidays-Paganism

Imbolc

Imbolc, also known as Inbolg, is one of the most important Wiccan or Pagan holidays and marks the start of spring.

Bealtaine

Bealtaine, one of the most important Wiccan and Pagan holidays, celebrates fertility, the peak of spring and the start of summer.