What to Do When Someone Dies
“She had abundant coarse dark-brown hair with occasional strands of grey, thick brows over bright brown eyes, and was wrapped in a long, bulky cardigan. Her handshake was firm and brief. I had been dreading the kind of handshake that a grief counsellor might give, which goes on for too long and tries to turn into a condolence, a fake intimacy that would have had me running for the door. But she was almost businesslike. ‘Take a seat, Ellie,’ she said.
The room was small and warm, empty except... for three low chairs and a low table on which, I noticed, there was a discreet box of tissues.
‘Thanks.’ I felt awkward, tongue-tied. ‘I don’t know why I’m here,’ I said. ‘I’ve no idea what to say.’ ‘Why don’t you start at the beginning,’ she said, ‘and see where that takes you?’ So I began with the knock at the door, on that Monday evening in October. I didn’t look at Judy as I spoke but bent over in my chair and put my hand across my eyes.MoreLess
The room was small and warm, empty except... for three low chairs and a low table on which, I noticed, there was a discreet box of tissues.
‘Thanks.’ I felt awkward, tongue-tied. ‘I don’t know why I’m here,’ I said. ‘I’ve no idea what to say.’ ‘Why don’t you start at the beginning,’ she said, ‘and see where that takes you?’ So I began with the knock at the door, on that Monday evening in October. I didn’t look at Judy as I spoke but bent over in my chair and put my hand across my eyes.MoreLess
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