I know how important this is because small acts of support meant so much to me when my mother died
: notes of sympathy, a tray of homemade samosas for the service reception, the acknowledgement of my loss by co-workers when I returned to work.
It took me a whole year to recover from my mother’s death. I felt as though heavy weights were attached to my body. I had a job and two little girls, aged 3 and 5, who would never know their grandmother. Mourning my mother was exhausting and I was thankful for every bit of support I got. In one instance, solace came from an unexpected source: a music therapy student at the college where I worked, he was a young man from a different country and culture.
Thirty-five years have passed. I am now the same age my mother was when she died. That year of grieving my mother helped me to be less afraid of being with heartbroken people. I know there is no template to follow and that grieving is unique to each of us. I try to choose my words carefully and like most people, I find it hard to find the right words.“Write what’s in your heart,” I suggested.
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