Our whole family is pretending that losing David isn't devastating because he was 'just' my best friend, not a relative, and I feel like I'm grieving alone while everyone expects me to comfort them about their own smaller losses.
More people experience this than they realize.
The hierarchy of acceptable sorrow is crushing someone who loved outside the lines of blood and marriage.
“Where Are You with The death of a friend?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.