MormonTimes.com tips for living: How to help those in mourning

Today: How to help those in mourning

Published: Thursday, Aug. 14 2008 12:16 a.m. MDT

What do you say to someone who is mourning the sudden death of a loved one or close friend?

Dennis D. Ashton, of LDS Family Services' Farmington office, says people need to realize that someone who has suffered a loss needs to feel grief and needs to mourn. Well-meaning people may feel the need to give the "why" of a loss instead of asking what they can do to help the person through the loss.

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