Loosing a close relative .....

[Mij]

How do you cope while being able to speak to that person

What's the situation you are dealing with? Is it a close friend who has lost a parent?
Basically the person grieving now is the same person you knew last week, they will probably want you to treat them them as usual but that's just a personal opinion. Being treated like fragile glass is uncomfortable tbh.

[joggon]

be a good listener if you are helping somebody
no judgement whatsoever
if its your relative , my condolences . go be with friends & family

[adamski]

you close down for a while but if you can speak to family members or close friend later it does help, time does heal but its a dark place for a while there.

[funboy71]

Thank you all for your heartfelt comments and advice, I do plan on spending what time is left with my loved one but I still find it difficult to discuss arrangements for after but hopefully I’ll get there with the time I have left, thank you all 😘

[bmw528]

Sorry to hear about your situation.

[JMastodon]

THE LIVING YEARS - Mike & The Mechanics

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door

I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Oh, crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got

You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defence

Say it loud (say it loud), say it clear (oh say it clear)
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late (it's too late) when we die (oh when we die)
To admit we don't see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts

So don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be okay

So say it loud, say it clear (oh say it clear)
You can listen as well as you hear
Because it's too late, it's too late (it's too late) when we die (oh when we die)
To admit we don't see eye to eye

I wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Say it loud, say it clear (oh say it clear)
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late (it's too late) when we die (it's too late when we die)
To admit we don't see eye to eye
So say it, say it, say it loud (say it loud)
Say it clear (come on say it clear)

[jessicabp]

I hug you !