Yesterday I was talking on the phone with one of the families who lost their son in that tragic fire training incident in Kilgore, TX. Part of my job is to help them get on a road of recovery and healing and tohelp them find a ‘ new normal’ in their lives. There are many facets to this, I will save for a different post, but we happened to be talking about what helped her during those hours and days after her son’s death. She simply said, ‘a book of stamps.’
The day after his funeral, a book of stamps tucked away in a sympathy card arrived on her doorstep. Who would have ever thought that a simple book of stamps would mean so much? I never even thought about that as something to give to a grieving family! I told this mother that I would immediately be putting this small token of compassion on my list! She said that she had all of the food she could handle but this book of stamps brought her to tears. She was going to start writing thank you letters but didn’t want to visit the small town post office. It’s amazing that someone had thought of this.
I thought this would be a great post to add to the How to Help series. Part 1
