How to Support a Grieving Friend
For the record, I did all the things you’re not supposed to do.
I avoided. I made it about me. I minimized their pain. I waited to help because I was worried about “bothering" them (but really I was just afraid of their pain and the discomfort it caused me).
It is inevitable we will show up in the wrong way and say the wrong thing. That’s part of being human. But that doesn’t mean we stop trying.
Keep showing up. Keep learning. Keep trying.