Yesterday was De-Flower Day...

So my Death and Dying Training, in order to be a good physician, has started. I'm learning how to break bad news in a 6-step plan, how to tell someone that he/she is dying, how to help families cope, how to answer children's questions about where mommy is, and even help sick children come to terms with their own death. It hasn't been easy but here's what we learned NOT to say; it surprised me as I hear these phrases, as cliched as they may be, used all the time. But, they are in fact stupid things to say when trying to help a family cope with their loss. Someone I truly admire, Vishal, after opening up a help call center, had by himself called 40 families around Hyderabaad and told them that they had just lost their son/daughter in the 9/11 tragedy. How he managed to attain stamina to help these families come to terms with their child's death is still a mystery to me but I truly admire him and the great inner strength he possesses. Hope ya'll are careful about using theses phrases: