What to send someone who's parent died

[SugarnetMum]

A childhood friends parent died recently. And I can't visit them at the moment. We live very far away. I don't want to send flowers, this is the type of person who keeps telling me she's alright when I know she's not. What's something thoughtful I could send, along with a card for her and her kids?

I think a letter would be best.

A candle

Tbh, I think a nice card/letter would be nice too. When my mum died there was nothing I needed or wanted but just knowing I had people I could just talk to when I was ready was enough. Just tell her you're thinking of her.

I handwrote a letter to a friend I hadn't seen for a while but heard her mother had died. I wrote what a great daughter she was and how proud her Mother was. I remembered a few nice stories that included her and her mother. I slipped it into the bereavement card and later on she said it meant a lot to her.

I would say flowers and a card. It was the flowers around the house that really helped when my mum died last year. Or a plant, as my favourite was the jasmine plant my best friend sent which I planted in the garden as a lasting reminder. Whatever you send it will help her to know people are thinking about her.