Friendships whilst Grieving

Let's talk friendships whilst you are grieving your loved one. This is a short insight into what I have taught myself and learned through my grief and friendships. In my friendship group and close friends or old close friends, I am the first friend in my group that lost a parent so you can imagine how hard it is for me and also for them because it is a new thing for our friendship group. My whole life I have always believed in the saying 'some people are in our lives only for a season' and this is something that I have seen manifest throughout my life from such a young age. I lost friends at different stages of life, some because we went to different universities, some because of the different stages of life we were in and some just because they couldn't fit in my life anymore.Something I have learnt through my grief is something that Amber Jeffrey described perfectly in The Grief Gang podcast as the 'Positive of failure in the friendships' this is because when you lose a parent or when you are grieving you just simply cannot relate with all your friends anymore and unfortunately they just can't understand what I am going through because its my parents that are gone right?I am gonna be transparent in regards to my experience regarding the support I received, the support I wish I received and the hardships of friendships whilst you are experiencing grief.Love Dione xx