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It's much harder to begin with Claire. Then I think you change and your pain threshold goes up - the pain is still there and still as poignant - but somehow, somehow, you are just better able to deal with it.Re: Grief
I suppose I am fortunate I have never had the feeling of grief when anyone I knew died. When my father died in 2005 I was relieved he was out of pain, but he had lived a fulfilled life so I didn't see any point in being sorry he was dead. I was very close to my maternal grandmother, but when she died of a stroke in 1980 I was relieved for her. She would have hated to have anyone caring for her, or to have gone into a home. She had been a widow for 32 years and I know she would have been glad to go as she still missed her husband very much.Re: Grief
I had my best friend die in my arms and I lost a whole week-end, I do not remember any of it.Re: Grief
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Claire, there is nothing that can prepare a mother for the loss of her child and that is what makes the grieving process so unbearable. I think we are, in a way, programmed during our path through life to accept the loss of an older relation/friend, and that helps us through it.Re: Grief
Claire... there is nothing that I can add that hasn't been said alreadyRe: Grief
Claire, my heart goes out to you and my thoughts are with you....Re: Grief
Thankyou all for your kind words.
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