Helpful Tips for yourself

These are some things that I did for myself after my daddy passes away and they really worked for me so I recommend you try them to.

#1. A lot of friends and family will try and help you as best they can. Though they don't now what kinds of things to do. So when they say, " If there is anything I can do to help, just tell me". Don't be afraid to ask them. They really do want to help

#2. If your daddy passed away, you will probably get lots of flowers and notes of sorrow. When my family got a lot of flowers and cards, it made us happy and we felt good because we knew some one out there cares about us and so don't forget to send thank you notes.

#3. When my dad passed away, I cried but I felt like people were watching me because it didn't sound like others were crying. but my mom said, "Just let it all out, this is the time to just cry your eyes out like crazy". So,  cry your eyes out whenever you can or feel like it because its always the best time.

#4.Alot of times after you know someone has moved on, you don't really feel like eating anything or drinking, but you do have to eat, always remember to eat, drink, and stay healthy.

#5. My family went up to the trail were my dad passed away and put a time capsule in about the same place he fell except we put it were no one would really find it. In it we put stuff that made us remember our dad, also we put a note that said something along the lines of if you find it, don't take anything out of it and there was a email address that they can email to inform us of what kind of condition it is in if anyone found it.

#6. My family is taking a bunch of notes in a journal about what people have done for us such as bringing us dinners, bringing us flowers, notes, checks, etc... so we can remember. Also it helps us remember who to send thank you notes to.

#7. You can take lots of photos of friends, family, flowers people give you because they will probably die, vases (the flowers come in), baskets (the flowers come in), the types of flowers ( daisies, roses, etc...), relatives, and many other things.

#8. You can find someone who can help you with anything you want help with like a teacher, a relative, friends, or someone you can really trust but you've known for awhile.

#9. My mom made a spread sheet that she wrote everything down on such as what time they came, who came, what they brought (exactly what they brought,) because if you don't write don't that stuff you will forget and it will make writing thank you notes so much easier for you.

#10. When I was sad, my friends and their mom kept me busy by taking me to the beach, having sleepovers, and more (etc...) and it really kept my mind off it and meant a lot to me knowing that they cared about me. So you could have fun with a friend or 2.

#11. I played a lot of games by myself and with others and it kept my head off the pain inside like on the computer, board games, cards, etc...