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You never think that it will be the last time you share these small moments with someone.

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This is a testament to the love you shared with the person you bared your soul to.

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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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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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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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The hopelessness of what lay ahead seemed impossible to bear.

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Pretending all is well makes us feel worse.

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As time goes by and I have to make more of my own decisions, I begin to wonder what her motives were in the way she chose to live her life.

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My mom died almost six years ago from pancreatic cancer. What you can’t avoid, even in the afterlife, it seems, is spam mail.

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We spent the whole day together, and I knew something wasn’t right. I should’ve forced you to go…somewhere.