I heard it so many times in the weeks and months after I lost my son: “I don’t know what to say.” “I don’t want to say the wrong thing.” “Nobody knows what to say.” “There are no words.”
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Losing my son taught me a simple rule: When someone is mourning, say something
Look, I get it. People tell me that they don’t want to make it worse by bringing it up, by saying the wrong thing that would cause more heartache.
Perspective by Julie Zauzmer Weil
January 18, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EST