My best friend's mom died the same week as mine and we keep trying to support each other but sometimes it feels like we're comparing grief or like there's not enough space for both of our losses. We've been friends for fifteen years and I don't want this to come between us but I don't know how to navigate loving her while also protecting my own raw places.
More people experience this than they realize.
Simultaneous losses have created an impossible intimacy where your grief mirrors and competes with each other, making it hard to both give and receive the support you both desperately need.
“Where Are You with The death of a parent?”
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