Today Is National Grief Awareness Day: Here Are A Few Useful Tips To Help Your Grieving Loved One

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Handle odds and ends for them
It’s very difficult for someone who is grieving to handle even simple tasks. Their grief can feel so heavy that simply writing an email or paying a bill online feels overwhelming. Take the initiative to handle some things for them. If their loss was recent, they may have appointments to cancel. They might need to let their work know that they need time off. Maybe you can make these calls for them so they can just focus on their feelings. Handle some bill-paying for them. If there are pet care needs, look after those. Just find out if there are some life admin tasks you can take off their hands.