“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero (Roman Orator)
From the beginning of time, people have supported each other during a time of bereavement. One person suffers a loss; another provides the strength to carry on. Some grievers reach out to just one person. Some to a larger community. The reaching, the needing, the supporting varies depending on the loss itself and the personality of the one left behind.
So, divide your grief. Share it with at least one other person. Speak about your loved one. Tell a story — a difficult one, a funny one, a recent one, an old one. Bring your loved one back to life for just a bit of time.
You can say, “I’m missing ______ right now.” Can I tell you a story?”
Imagine your grief like an overfull pack sac on a donkey — the kind that drapes over both sides of it’s fragile body. When you tell your story, you take out some weight and lighten the load.
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