I’ve heard so many people say something like, “I’m embarrassed to tell you that I’m hurting, because you’ve lost a son, and that loss is much worse than losing my grandpa.” I reject that idea. If you are hurting from the grief of losing a loved one, then you are totally validated in that feeling. Your story is relevant to your life. Pain is pain. It’s not something that can be compared. The relationship you had with your grandpa is real. I can never relate to that because I didn’t live it and I didn’t love him; you did.
