My best friend's little brother died on August 30th. He crashed his car into an other car. My friend was pretty devastated, but as if that wasn't bad enough, yesterday, her older step-brother, who is really like a brother, died in a freak accident at work. I'm not sure what to say to her. "Sorry" seems kind of lame.
I'm not sure what to feel about it myself either. I didn't know either of her brothers really. Just enough to offer maybe a shy smile to if I'd seen them without her around to ease the way. But they were still people I knew. People my age. Hell, one was younger than me. It's strange. I keep doing other stuff and it just pops into my head. Like I'll be writing and stuff and I'll think "Oh right. They're both dead now."
I feel guilty too, for feeling weird about it. I feel like I don't have the right to feel weird about it, since I didn't really know them. And I feel bad because I really don't know what to say to help my friend.
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I think in this case one of the best things you can offer Carmen is a getaway. A place or person that doesn't remind her of her brothers. A place or person that is not going to ask her how she is doing or pressure her to talk about things. If she brings it up that is different, but I think it would be best just to be there for her.
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