Yes yes yes!! Very well said, Sue! Even though I've been through these same dark days, I find myself frozen in the face of the next grieving person. I feel like I ought to "know," to be the expert and do exactly what they need. Everyone is different and needs different things, though, and so I overthink myself into paralysis. And then I beat myself up about it. So thanks thanks thanks for this reminder. It's not the great things; it's the simple, human things.
Yes yes yes!! Very well said, Sue! Even though I've been through these same dark days, I find myself frozen in the face of the next grieving person. I feel like I ought to "know," to be the expert and do exactly what they need. Everyone is different and needs different things, though, and so I overthink myself into paralysis. And then I beat myself up about it. So thanks thanks thanks for this reminder. It's not the great things; it's the simple, human things.
One of the best things I’ve read on helping others experiencing grief.