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My upstairs neighbor died.

My thoughts and prayers are with her daughter marquisedea, who doesn't deserve this.

Anna has had cancer for years now, and her death wasn't unexpected. But marquisedea is only nineteen, maybe twenty if I've missed her birthday. And she's had quite a bit more than her share of shit in the last couple years.

I have faith that Anna's okay. She has nothing further to worry about. But Sami's the one I worry about, because she has to live with it.

For Christians on my friends list: what do Christians do instead of sitting shiva? What is there I can do for Sami?

And, Sami, what is there Lis and I can do for you?

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Today you hold her hand, you help her by letting her talk about how she feels. You give her the help she will need organizing a wake and funeral.

While Christians do not sit shiva, we hold a wake, where the casket is open, and people gather, pray at the casket for the dead. Then visit with the family.

If a mass is involved it will happen after the wake but before the interment.

Once the body is intered, people gather again, to eat, to share stores to remember the passing.