Our 12-year-old died in an accident that my brother feels responsible for, and our whole extended family is walking on eggshells around his guilt while I'm drowning in my own grief. No one knows how to support him without minimizing our loss, or comfort us without adding to his pain, and we're all falling apart in isolation.
More people experience this than they realize.
Guilt and grief become strange companions, each demanding different forms of care that seem to cancel each other out.
“Where Are You with The death of a child — the unnatural loss?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.