Day Twenty-Six

Funeral today.
No matter when it happens or who it happens to, there is no preparing yourself for the emotional roller-coster that you will have to go through.  Todays funeral was for a dear friend's family member.  My only concern was to be there for her and her family and do what I could, if anything, to make the day easier or relieve the burden. 

Today my kindness challenge was to just be there.  Comforting.  Holding.  Providing tissues.  Eye contact just so they knew I was there.  Mints.  If I could take away their pain, I gladly would.  It is so hard to lose a family member and while there was nothing that I could really do to ease their pain, I was glad to just be present, just in case. 

Sometimes kindness comes in the form of silence.  Just being there.  

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