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How to console a friend who is upset
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There are no magic words to say to console her. Continue to be her friend and always be willing to listen to her. She needs you now more than ever.
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Nothing but being there for her will help. Stop by once a day and help her with simple things he would do for her like bringing dinner or being with her when going out for groceries. Fixing things that broke. Gathering all her momentoes of their life together and making a book of pictures, designing a shadowbox of trinkets he bought for her, and setting up projects you can do together that will allow her to remember all of the good times they had in the past.
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There are times when saying nothing is best. Just be there for her. Hold her when she cries. Laugh with her when she remembers the good times. Grieving is a process and she doesn't have to go through it alone.. I had a friend who's wife lost a child at birth. She came to get him at work, and everyone was standing around speechless. I just walked up to her and gave her a hug. When I stepped back, she said "Thank you. You don't know how badly I needed that".
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