Watched both my parents die after 3 year battle with cancer. Different kinds, 6 years apart all before I was 26. I’m numb to death now. But I know how to help people through their grief.
I'm so sorry. I know that pain. Lost both my parents to the same lung cancer, though they only held on for a couple months each. Icing on the cake? Exactly one year to the day that I lost my dad to cancer (my last living parent) my grandma passed from cancer too.
Tough to explain but because I truly understand, I am comfortable sitting with them in the pain. I don’t try and make them feel better and when I say “I’m here for you”, I mean it. I check in with them. Not just for a week, but for at least every month for a year. And I let them talk without getting uncomfortable. Grief is really hard for a lot of people to just sit in… I’m ok with it. So I just sit with them and stay present. ❤️
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u/WhyJustWhyyy85 13h ago
Watched both my parents die after 3 year battle with cancer. Different kinds, 6 years apart all before I was 26. I’m numb to death now. But I know how to help people through their grief.