I kind of feel like I'm enduring a hail storm of anxiety triggers, right now

[Dear_Prudence]

6. Grief

Your posts (and my 3 rescue cats) have supported me through some recent tough times. I am grieving a dear friend. Her angry son (in his 50s) yelled and called her names in hospice. I couldn't visit her due to surgery, just phone calls. (By phone, I did read the charge nurse the riot act as to her duty to protect my dying friend from elder abuse.) Since her death: no obit, no service, fb deleted, and her pre-paid grave next to her folks lies empty. So, I made my own ritual. I made a photo stand with craft foam and craft flowers and installed her photo on my mantle piece; it is her own little altar. I am so sorry about the loss of your sister and the rift in your family. I hope you can find some way to reduce your pain.