For this episode, we visit a Bereavement Group which meets once a month at the GreenAcres Chiltern Living Memorial Park. Here people who've lost someone recently, or long ago, meet up to swap notes and share experiences and feelings. And they share that with us.
How to talk to the dying? What to say? How to broach the subject...? Advice here from Pastoral Care worker Catherine Beer.
Things not to say to the bereaved: 'Think of all the memories', 'You were lucky to have him', 'She wouldn't want you to cry'...
Today's episode will resonate with many of us, as Mark Tinkler talks about losing both his mother and father during the terrible time of...