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I will miss the pieces of me that belonged to the entirety of you—the pieces that flew away with you when you flew away from me. 

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Heaven gets the one person that I never thought I’d have to learn to live without, and it is so lucky for that. Any person or place that gets to have you is the absolute luckiest in the world. 

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I hope you never have to mourn the loss of a parent, especially while they are still alive. I hope that you never have to go through the trauma leading up to the decision to cut ties with them.

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Life’s predictable trait of throwing a spanner in the works only prolongs the hurt. You long for comfort. You long for words of knowledge and understanding.

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They say time heals all wounds, but what they didn’t mention is that sometimes the time necessary to heal does not exist in one lifetime.

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After a major traumatic event, like the loss of a close loved one, or even several smaller traumas, like moving to a new city, you start view the world from a much more negative perspective than you once did.

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I’ve learned that our grief will show up in a variety of ways throughout our life, but it is up to us as to how we respond. 

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It’s okay to not be over something so quickly. It’s okay to allow yourself valid, legitimate time to heal.

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The hopelessness of what lay ahead seemed impossible to bear.

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Humility lights the way.