Be there when she wants to talk, be there when she doesn't. Don't expect her to deal with loss the way YOU would...let her get through this in her own time...most people don't bounce back after things like this for a long long time.
Laurie --- Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I help my friend cope with a major loss? > > DEAR HARRIETTE: My best friend lost her mother and > brother in a terrible > accident during the holidays. She is extremely > depressed. I don't know what > to do to help her. Her husband says that she has > shut down to him and their > daughter. Since she still talks to me regularly, is > there anything that I > can do to help ease her grief? -- Deirdre, Brooklyn, > N.Y. > > Charles Mims > http://www.the-sandbox.org > <http://www.the-sandbox.org/> > > > Elwood Blues: Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, > don't fail us now! > > > _______________________________________________ > Sndbox mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://a8.mewebdns-a8.com/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > ===== Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons from coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you. --Kent Nerburn __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus _______________________________________________ Sndbox mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://a8.mewebdns-a8.com/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
