Our friend group has known for a year that Sarah is dying, and we all want to make the most of whatever time we have left with her, but we keep getting stuck between treating her 'normally' and acknowledging that everything is changing. Some of us want to talk about death openly while others just want to preserve the friendship we've always had, and Sarah is caught in the middle of our different approaches.
More people experience this than they realize.
A community fractures under the weight of impending loss, each person's way of loving creating friction with others' attempts to honor what's sacred.
“Where Are You with Anticipatory grief — losing someone before they die?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.