When you’re grieving, even the smallest tasks can feel heavy. One of the biggest lessons from my first year was learning to ask for help — not just during the crisis moments, but in the everyday living. Folding laundry. Cooking dinner. Lawn care. Installing the new door that sat in the hallway for weeks.
Grief shrinks your capacity, and that’s normal. Asking for support doesn’t make you weak — it gives the people who love you a doorway in. And sometimes, the smallest acts of help soften the weight in the biggest ways.
If Lesson 3 was about letting people in emotionally, Lesson 4 is about letting them in practically. Both matter.
Reflection:What small task feels heavier than it should right now?
Consider whether letting someone help — just once — might ease the load, even a little.
