Post by charmediamsure on Apr 9, 2013 13:13:41 GMT -5
I posted yesterday about the fact that I have a job interview for a teaching position on Friday. Well, I just got a call from the school board and I have another interview for a different teaching position coming up on Thursday. When it rains, it pours!
The Thursday interview is for teaching Drama. I am in the middle of preparing for the interviews and I was going through my old binders of stuff from student teaching since I haven't taught Drama since I was a student teacher. I decided to contact one of my Education professors because we were pretty close. We did keep in contact after I graduated in 2010 and me and another former student of hers have gone back to visit her a few times. It's been a little over a year and a half though since we have talked since things have been so busy.
I decided to send her an e-mail to tell her about Jack (I don't know if I ever told her I was pregnant) and to tell her about my interviews and just generally to catch up.
She just responded to me. She's super excited about my interviews and was so happy to hear about Jack. But then she told me she's had a really rough year and a half and she just lost her husband a few weeks ago. She said she is still in a bit of shock but she is back at work but she is barely managing.
I am heartbroken for her. And I have absolutely no idea what to say Help?
Tell her exactly that. I'm absolutely heartbroken for you and I am so incredibly sorry for your loss. Maybe see if she wants to meet for lunch to catch up.
Gosh. I'm so sorry for your old friend. That is so tragic. I agree, maybe catching up or doing lunch might help her. If nothing else, it gives her something to do. In situations like this there really isn't the right thing to say. Just being supportive and there for your friend is all you can do, and the most helpful.
This is all good advice.
Congrats on the job interviews too, that's really exciting!
Post by charmediamsure on Apr 9, 2013 19:09:22 GMT -5
Thanks, ladies. I haven't been able to bring myself to respond yet but I will tonight. Just the way she said "I lost Chuck" I don't know, it's like it's more heartbreaking than if she'd said he passed. Ugh
Ugh, omg. My throat is all tight and ahh, how awful. I agree with pp's that you should just say what you said to us. And you're there if she wants to go get lunch sometime or whatever.