Grief is an unexplainable presence in the lives of so many. It’s ugly, raw, emptying, and at time, feels endless.
And yet death is one of life’s most awful guarantees.
Imagine for a minute, your grief, and the most intimate details of your loss were live Tweeted, or published through photos on Instagram in real time.
What if your most desperate moments of grief became public record?
What if you received a daily email that stated YOU LOST YOUR WIFE AND NOW YOUR LIFE IS HOPELESS.
What if you had to read that email everyday, and respond. “How is your grief today on a scale of 1/10?”
What if a PI followed you and questioned you on your grief – asking – “How can you be that sad, you just ordered a glass of white wine and a pizza?”
Do you think having to explain or justify your pain would could make the pain more complicated, difficult to bare? Do you think your sadness might quickly evolve to anger with daily reminders of your greatest pain?
For our clients who file a Wrongful Death Case, grief is complicated greatly by the requirements of litigation. Having to prove your loss, complicates your loss.
Having to articulate the details of your pain on a daily basis, to strangers, in written pleadings, or depositions, or in Court, makes it harder to heal from the loss.
HAVING TO RE-LIVE A NIGHTMARE, MAKES IT HARDER TO HEAL FROM THE NIGHTMARE.
Having to re-live a loss on a weekly basis, in public, makes it harder to heal from the loss. And filing a wrongful death case is hard.
So this article is a letter of thanks – to the families who hire us. To the families who are willing to feel extra pain, and anger, and sadness, in exchange for accountability. It isn’t an easy road.