Tell her who else knows or knew him and how they were affected and how they are now. Where those friends are now, who went, etc.
you want her to feel that she belonged to something out where you are, and that she missed some of what you built where you are.
Describe more about Tom's death and whether he has family, whether he was with them at the time he passed, or alone in a hospital, etc.
DETAILS...not to be morbid but to give her something specific to respond to...
geez is this a guy thing?
My h told me our friend had a baby the other night and "is doing well". I said was it a boy or girl? Did she get an epidural (h is an MD so he could know this)
how long was the labor? Wasn't the baby premature?
H looked at me and said "She had the baby and they both lived..."which gives me NOTHING to go on...
Sheesh...men can be from Mars
M: 57 H: 60 M: 35 yrs S30,D28,D19 H off to Alaska 2006 Recon 7/07- 8/08 *2016* X = "ALASKA 2.0" GROUND HOG DAY I File D 10/16 OW DIV 2/26/2018 X marries OW 5/2016