#90: How to show up

Since losing my nana last week, I’ve been supremely touched by how my community has shown up for me and my family. Grief is a sticky, painful feeling, and knowing how to support someone going through it can be intimidating and uncomfortable. You don’t want to say the wrong thing! Or be overbearing! Or god forbid, tell a weird joke that you play over and over in your head for the next twenty years.

I created a list of ways I’ve felt cared for as I mourn. Hope it helps (and everyone is different, so please let me know what has been helpful to you!).

One friend even researched the best cookies in Seattle and had a box sent to my door (for my locals, it was Bell’s Cookies).

The day I found out about my Nana’s passing, I kept plans to go see Heretic with two friends. It fully kept my mind off things for a few hours and served as a great diversion.

It’s nice to remember someone as a collective :)