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Loneliness will set up camp in the walls of your soul and give new meaning to a feeling you thought you’d known before.

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Most days I deal with your death admirably. Most days I choke back the tears.

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It is your life and it is your time here, and you should seize every moment of it.

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I feel you with me all of the time. When little things happen, I know it’s you right there next to me.

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I will not let sadness grow weeds in the space you have left behind

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Life goes on. And yours needs to too.

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I can’t imagine waking up with so much pain
that it drives me to think of leaving.

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The Necessary Goodbye: When you say this goodbye, your future starts to open. It’s one of the biggest favors you can do yourself.

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I know you asked for space, but that’s not how this works with you and me. You don’t call the shots.

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How do we cope with our parents getting older? How do we prepare ourselves emotionally with the fact one day they will die? How do we come to terms with the looming possibility of losing them?