FIND YOUR OWN IMAGE OF “RECOVERY”

FIND YOUR OWN IMAGE OF “RECOVERY”

Talking with people in new grief is tricky. During the first year, it’s so

tempting to say that things get better. I mean, is it really a kindness to say,

“Actually, year two is often far harder than year one”? But if we don’t say

anything, people enter years two and three and four thinking they should

be

“better” by now. And that is patently untrue: subsequent years can actually

be

more difficult.