That's Not Helpful - A Do's and Dont's Regarding BP's {Bereaved Parents}
Speaking for the general populace, in our need to be helpful, we find ourselves wanting to encourage the bereaved and help them along their path. We want to know that they are okay, and we are probably looking to move on as well. After all, we've brought the casserole or attended the service. We've offered our prayers and condolences, blessed them with a card, flowers or a plant, and we would now like to believe that they are happy, moving forward, living life again, and being thankful and grateful for all the other blessings in their lives. When this isn't happening, in our self-suggested time frame, which seems to be around 3-6 months, we start to assume the bereaved parent is stuck and may need our help. They may even be depressed, and we have several brilliant ideas that we feel we must, most definitely, share with said bereaved souls. So, again, we dig deep and we start throwing out a few helpful cliches: {a phrase or opi...