Monday, April 17, 2023

I don't know how to deal with messages like this from Brooke. Whenever she is down, this conversation always comes up. I have no ability to deal with my own grief and therefore find it very hard to figure out how to deal with hers too. Mostly I worry that I'm not addressing it enough and she feels she needs to keep it in. I miss you too. Every day. And every time she tells me SHE misses you it's like a punch in the heart. I simultaneously feel grief for my own loss and guilt for hers. How do I make sure this scar isn't one that creates permanent damage for her?