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Bereavement

DeadLetterOffice

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6. Landmines abound in the first days, weeks, & months.

Reply to SoapBox (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 23, 2015, 11:12 PM

Jan 2015

They get less frequent, eventually, but for now just expect that there's going to be a zillion things a day that set you off. And that's the way it should be - loss should hurt, it's a product of how fiercely we love. Let yourself feel however you feel, whenever you feel it. Even when what you feel is numb.

And just keep breathing. Everything else will come in due time.

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Surviving the Death of a Parent (as an adult) [View all] DeadLetterOffice Jul 2014 OP

Thank you for this, DLO... Flaxbee Dec 2014 #1

i'm sorry to hear about your mom orleans Dec 2014 #2

Thinking of you... DeadLetterOffice Jan 2015 #9

My dear, dear Mom...passed away last night. SoapBox Jan 2015 #3

I'm so sorry SoapBox DeadLetterOffice Jan 2015 #4

DLO... SoapBox Jan 2015 #5

Landmines abound in the first days, weeks, & months. DeadLetterOffice Jan 2015 #6

There is so much to do... SoapBox Jan 2015 #7

The empty space is SO noticable, it's like a constant poke. DeadLetterOffice Jan 2015 #8