My best friend and I have been inseparable for fifteen years, but her miscarriage last month showed me how differently we think about hope and acceptance and what it means to keep going. I want to be there for her but I feel like every response I have comes from a worldview that her loss has made her question, and I don't know how to bridge that gap.
More people experience this than they realize.
Your friend's grief is revealing philosophical differences that make your usual ways of offering comfort feel inadequate or even harmful.
“Where Are You with What grief reveals about what matters?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.