How to Show Up for Someone Grieving | Carol Richardson & Terri Gortnar

Most of us freeze when someone close to us is grieving. Carol and Terri know what actually helps, because they've lived it from both sides.

Carol Richardson retired from a corporate career in enterprise software to pursue her passion for flowers. Terri Gortnar was working in project management alongside Carol when both of her children were diagnosed with CLN2 Batten disease, a rare terminal illness.

Together they founded Compass Rose Floral Design, to help people create a lifetime of memories through unique floral arrangements.

We get into anticipatory grief and what it's like to mourn someone while they're still here. Why the flowers at most funerals were chosen for a reason that stopped existing a century ago.

And the thing Terri wishes more people understood, which is that "let me know if you need anything" puts the work on the wrong person.

Compass Rose Floral Design

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