Last month, we lost our beautiful 21-year-old son on his birthday in a motorcycle accident. These are some things that friends and family did to help us during our time of need.

Please keep this in the back of your mind to utilize if you ever need to. Eventually, somewhere or sometime, you will have a friend, family or coworker that will experience a loss that will shake them to their core. Be there for them and show your support. Talk about their loved one, don't avoid conversation. Let them talk their feelings out. It seems all I do anymore is talk about my Brian, because it's the first thing I think of when I wake up and last thing I think of when I go to sleep. It seems it's the only thing that's on my mind.

We were fortunate enough to have a safe space to go to and be surrounded by those that we needed. Because of them, we made it through the first two weeks of the hardest time we never thought we would experience. It's one thing when you have a "sick" 20-year-old child with a heart condition already living on borrowed time, but to lose a child unexpectedly in the manner we lost ours, left us speechless and unsure what we should do. But thanks to our support system, we were able to focus on what we had to do at the moment. When I say they literally saved us by the little acts of care they did, I really mean it. So, like I said, keep these things in the back of your mind for the time you may need it. And if you have any other suggestions, please feel free to leave them in the comments.

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Helping us Grieve by Jenah