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Bereavement

CaliforniaPeggy

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1. Well, I think *I* would say how sorry I am to hear this.

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Fri Mar 10, 2023, 03:55 PM

Mar 2023

And I would also tell my cousin that I love him/her. And if they're open to it, give a hug.

Emotional support and caring are probably the best things you can do.

Such a big loss for your cousin might center mostly on feeling alone or abandoned.

It's an awful place to be, as you know.

I'm so sorry.

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Not yet bereavement. But what I say to my cousin who was just diagnosed with [View all] 3Hotdogs Mar 2023 OP

Well, I think *I* would say how sorry I am to hear this. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2023 #1

Yikes! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #2

"I love you." It's what I said to my beloved cousin under the same... NNadir Mar 2023 #3

It is much more complicated than that Casady1 Mar 2023 #4

I am sorry to hear about your cousin. I would let her(?) know that you support her 100% in LoisB Mar 2023 #5

Wifey was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lymphomia AND kidney cancer within three days . Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #6

Ask what you can do to help.... from a 14 year Stage IV survivor. sinkingfeeling Mar 2023 #7

Wow! murielm99 Mar 2023 #10

Stage 4 lung cancer. I don't know if she is getting treatment or hospice. 3Hotdogs Mar 2023 #8

I would just make sure to tell him I Love you and slightlv Mar 2023 #9