Face Your Grief With the Help of Others

You can get by with a little help from your friends.

Apr 25, 2025

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Thursday’s Journal Prompt: Monday’s journal prompt encouraged you to think of something you need to grieve. Explore that loss further today. Have you started to grieve or are you still holding back? Why?

Illustration of two smiling cartoon pandas sitting on swings while talking — Friends can help you process your grief. | Image made by author with Canva AI.

Hi there!

Not long after Lizzy died, I read something online that went like this:

“The best way to work through your grief is to do something to help someone else.”

What garbage! I screamed to myself.

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