We went to a funeral last week.
A lovely woman married to Jim's second cousin finished her course
far earlier than anyone expected.
My heart hurts--for the family who lost a wife, mother, grandmother, aunt,
for friends who no longer know her companionship
for me because after surviving cancer I'm full of mixed up emotions.
I want to write great words of comfort and sympathy, but all I can feel is heart sore.
I came across this in an advice column and thought it was apt.
"...showing up as a witness to someone else's loss is a vital expression of our own humanity."
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