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How to support someone you don't know well who is grieving

My neighbor's husband just died and I want to help but I barely know her and everything I think of saying sounds stupid or inadequate.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to help meets the fear of intrusion when tragedy strikes at the edges of our social circles.

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