They didn't know what to say to me after the tragic loss of two of my kids in a house fire.
My wife was the last one of us to talk to him. He was pacing in the parking lot of the church the memorial service was being held at. My wife said to him that I needed him because she was afraid that I was going to mentally spiral. He told her that he didn't know what to say.
She told him that he didn't need to say anything. To just show up and be present.
He walked away from the building towards the parked cars. He never reached out.
That was 17 years ago.
My wife was the last one of us to talk to him. He was pacing in the parking lot of the church the memorial service was being held at. My wife said to him that I needed him because she was afraid that I was going to mentally spiral. He told her that he didn't know what to say.
She told him that he didn't need to say anything. To just show up and be present.
He walked away from the building towards the parked cars. He never reached out.
That was 17 years ago.