Show of Hands

Nope. I wish I was though.

Sometimes all a person wants to hear is "I'm sorry for your loss."

I'm lucky if I do as well as "it's ok… *pat*".

No. I try to be supportive, but grief is so personal I have no clue how to help other than being there.

No, I'm hopeless. I can be there and help someone out on a practical basis, but I struggle to come up with some commiserating statement. To my ears, they sound like useless platitudes and they just get stuck in my throat.