Day 5 - Empathy {Project Capture Your Grief}

Day 5 - Empathy - the graphic here says everything in not so many words. I have heard some things during my journey with losing Emma that should've never been said.  Personally, some things I would advise people to never say to a bereaved parent are: it happens for a reason, aren't you over it by now?, anything that begins with "at least", and anything that signifies that the person should not be acting a certain way due to their grief or any expectations you have for that person that you think they're not living up to. Fact of the matter is, there's no timeline for grief. There's no right and wrong way to grieve the death of anyone, especially your child.  And just because someone isn't themselves on a certain day, or you think that they're not acting right or maybe they're not doing as good of a job as you think they should at work, or maybe they're just weird now... Well, newsflash- they're probably not right. They are not okay. I am just weird. It happens. Things you should say or do, are things like asking the person what you can do for them, how they are feeling, say their child's name. Ask them what their favorite memory of their child is.  Be there for them. Hug them. Offer to help them. #captureyourgrief #projectheal #carlymarie