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Greetings, my fellow grievers -
This week, we have no scheduled diarist, and I am currently on vacation and about 20 minutes away from having to leave for a concert, SO...
please consider this an open thread for any and all grief sharing.
Here's what I'd like to share:
Some very well meaning people are simply clueless! They say clueless things when speaking to the bereaved (we have had a lot of diaries and comments on this tendency). The specific cluelessness I'm referring to today is the well-meaning guy who shared on facebook a graphic photo of a baby with a grisly hole in its chest, asking folks to encircle the baby in prayer. Yes it was one step up from "facebook will donate if you share" things, but still... I was eating breakfast. All I could think of is what about the family of that child? What if this comes up on THEIR facebook feed one day?
Ugh. Clueless.
What do you have to grieve about right now? I'll be back in a couple of hours to engage in the comments.