My daughter and I are both trying to comfort my elderly mother after she lost her lifelong best friend, but everything we say seems to minimize her pain or rush her toward 'acceptance.' We love her and want to help but we don't understand how to sit with the depth of an 80-year friendship ending.
More people experience this than they realize.
Some losses carry the weight of entire lifetimes, and conventional comfort fails before such vastness.
“Where Are You with What not to say to a grieving person?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.