151- How can I be helpful?
A collection of tools and resources for being helpful in hard times.
Welcome back!
It’s been a week with world-wide death and world-level anxiety. When that happens, we often wonder what we can do. I don’t have answers to that.
But we also wonder how to do the daily tasks of helping each other and supporting grieving people. Because whatever is happening at the international level, our friends and families still need support for the losses that are happening near at hand.
In this issue, I’m going back to the toolbox I’ve been gathering here at “Finding Words” and offering you some resources for being helpful.
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How do you decide about visiting a dying friend you’ve not been close to?
Should I stay or should I go (to visit a dying friend).
When your aging parents are fading quickly, what are the practical things to pay attention to?
102 - About old people dying (substack.com)
As a follow-up, how might you respond when someone’s last parent (and grandparent) dies?
One weekend, two families, four deaths.
What do you say to friends who just experienced a sudden death of a close friend?
057 - A note to friends who are recently grieving. (substack.com)
How can I listen to a friend who is grieving?
103 - We can be helpful without being experts (substack.com)
How do I start the conversations?
136 - FAQ on learning to talk with grieving people (substack.com)
How do I talk about infant loss?
131 - Small steps, "Tiny Footprints" (substack.com)
How do I write a eulogy?
How to write a eulogy. (substack.com)
Video resources
“A working list for life after a difficult diagnosis”
“It’s okay that you can’t think right now.”
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Thanks for all the ways you are helping other people.
See you next week!
Jon