Tag: grief
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She Told Me She Had Her Wings: A Week Before her Goodbye
Life has a way of splitting everything into before and after. For me, that moment came a week before my mother passed, when she looked at me with a calmness I didn’t understand and said, “I just received my wings and I will be on my way soon.” At the time, I didn’t know how…
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When the Caregiving Ends: Grieving the Loss of a Loved One
Grief is not simple. When you’ve spent months or years, as I have as a caregiver pouring your energy, and love into someone else’s well-being the loss hits differently It’s more complicated. It’s not just the absence of a person. It’s the sudden silence after a journey of routines, responsibilities, accomplishments and setbacks. It’s the…
The grieving caregiver 