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Supporting a grieving friend: Practical tips

When a friend is grieving, it’s hard to know what to do, how to act, what to say. It can be even harder for those friends who haven’t been through something like this themselves. When my daughter died, I found myself drawn to friends who had experienced loss. Yet there’s something important I’ve noticed about...

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Family comforts … but who’s comforting who?

The death of a child, quite naturally, has a huge impact on an entire family and the aftershocks can be widespread and ongoing. In my case, my immediate family (husband and other two children) were emotionally torn, yet we had to find a way to continue to live our lives together, finding new routines and...

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