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We let people know they’re heard.

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I miss you Dad when you use to always know that I will find the love of my life. I miss you Dad when I know she’s here and you’re not.

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Like everything in life, you can focus on the beauty or the pain.

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Maybe I needed to lose what felt like everything at the time to realize I still had a lot.

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I will hold onto the memory I’ve constructed of you in my mind, for as long as I can, because it’s all that I have.

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There are ultimately three different types of loss that we experience in our lives, and each is meant to teach us something about ourselves. 

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You can love all the beautiful things about what you had together while also believing there is something even better waiting for the both of you.

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Because the kind of people who stick around through thick and thin, the kind of people who let you get away with things that you would not tolerate, the kind of people who give you too much are the kind of people who walk away when they’ve had enough.

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My dog brought us closer and filled in the gaps of our family with love, laughter, and most importantly, hope.

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Our minds have tricked us into believing it’s better to hope than invest.