FIND YOUR OWN IMAGE OF “RECOVERY” Talking with people in new grief is tricky. During the first year, it’s so tempting to say that things get better. I mean, is it really a kindness to say, “Actually, year two is often far harder than year one”? But if we don’t say anything, people enter years two and three and four thinking they should be “better” by now. And that is patently untrue: subsequent years can actually be more difficult. Rss
