If you're reading this — something heavy just arrived in your life.
Maybe you just got the news. Maybe the news came days ago and you still don't know what to say to your child. Either way — you are in exactly the right place.
WHY THIS EXISTS
I lost my mother at 11 months old. My grandmother at 9. My father at 10. Nobody handed me a roadmap. Nobody sat with me. Nobody told me what grief was or that it was survivable.
"You don't have to have it all together to show up. You just have to show up."
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I built this guide because I am the child who needed it and nobody came. I hand it to you now — so you can be the adult who shows up for your child in the way that nobody showed up for me.
Just got the news and don't know what to say to your child? Download The First 48 Hours a free grief guide by Andria Jimenez. Get age-specific scripts for children 2–17, the one thing to do today, and what never to say. Instant delivery to your inbox. Built by someone who lost three parents before age ten.
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