A very nice lady I worked with passed away

[BootinUp]

over the weekend. She was out for months with a health issue. A foot ailment of some kind. It wouldn’t heal and the doctors couldn’t say what the problem was for a long time. The work place has been pretty stressful for some time, even b4 the pandemic. We work hard ok? Another co-worker lady, after hearing the sad news was quite upset and took 2 days off. She was back today. We are both sad and upset about the whole thing. Wanting to blame someone. I told her it’s this fucking Reaganomics society.

I hope she passed peacefully, and her family can also find peace. She was a few years younger than me.

[Danmel]

1. I'm so sorry for your loss

[LoisB]

2. So sorry for your loss.

[MLAA]

3. What a sad happening. I am very sorry.

[COL Mustard]

4. It's always disturbing

When someone younger passes away. These days there are so many more of them.

I’m sorry for your loss.

[abqtommy]

5. I've often relied on the grief guidelines that can be found online. This site is an

excellent resource. Remember that you get to decide the manner and for how long
you grieve. Let the healing begin.

https://www.griefcounselor.org/resources/grieving-adults/

Facing the World as Grieving Adults

With love and attachment come separation and loss. As grieving adults, we all know it, but can hardly bring ourselves to face it. And yet, without going into the depths of emotional intensity, facing the stark new reality, expressing all our reactions, and re-emerging from the experience changed, we take the risk of getting stuck and traumatized somewhere in the developmental process of recovery and healing. There are no two brains exactly alike. There are no two losses that are the same. Each of us reacts to loss differently depending upon such factors as our religious, cultural/ethnic backgrounds, whether the loss was expected or unexpected, whether we perceive the loss as preventable, the nature of our relationship to the deceased, the death circumstances, our current life stressors and quality of support, our ideas and beliefs about life and death, and the vulnerability and resilience we experience as life continues.

[Solly Mack]

6. People you work with can become your second family. They become a part of our balance of life.

And when something happens to one of them it causes that balance to be off-kilter and that's a truly sucky feeling all the way around.

I am sorry for your loss. I wish her family peace and that you and your co-worker also find peace.