Supporting Others

Several people have asked me to repost this:

"How not to say the wrong thing," by Susan Silk and Barry Goldman

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/07/opinion/la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407

"It works in all kinds of crises – medical, legal, even existential. It's the 'Ring Theory' of kvetching. The first rule is comfort in, dump out."