If this helps…
By Ginny Sparrow
I was often told, after the suicide of my mother, that there is a gift in every tragedy. A silver lining. Such bs to most of us.
Fifteen long years later, I do have to admit I have found gifts. Gifts of courage, of strength, of sense of humor about things simply out of my control. Here are a few things that I know I handle completely differently than “before”:
- When I hear of a tragedy, a death, a diagnosis, I have no fear about picking up the phone, sending a card or grief book. Where I used to fool myself into believing the bereaved “needed space” I now know Continue reading››