“I’m sorry”⁠⁣⁣
“I’m sorry for your loss”⁠⁣⁣
“I’m sorry you’re going through such a tough time”⁠⁣⁣
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Whatever words feel right to you to acknowledge the loss, use them. ⁠⁣⁣
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Turn down the volume of the voices in your mind. The voice of judgement, comparison, reasoning, fixing, making it right.⁠⁣ The voice that wishes to say “at least”.⁣
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In that moment, imagine the other person is the only person in the world and their pain is the only pain in the world. And acknowledge it. ⁣
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Show them that you see them. See their pain. Hear their story. Witness their grief. ⁣⁣
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To someone who is grieving…this is everything ❤⁣⁣