Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I had a phone conversation with one of my older daughter's childhood friends. She has been supportive of my granddaughter and the rest of the family, and grieving herself for the loss of her friend. She is wanting to be a life coach, and going to take a course online with Martha Beck, a columnist in O magazine. I'm skeptical but firmly staying in the "don't know" frame of mind. After all, it may prove beneficial to her personally, if it doesn't blossom into a profession. I felt I did succeed in having no judgement, and shared with her some wisdom from my Buddhist practice. But the whole thing felt strange. I wanted to hug her and felt great sorrow at some personal stuff she revealed to me. But I also know I haven't much to give right now, and absolutely no words of wisdom. Her mother is dead, but I'm not her mother, and I'm a grieving mother myself. It's difficult to balance these things in the best of times, but right now, not only do I feel a bit looney, but the world world is off it's axis. I cannot help anyone right now.