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Good Grief, Part 2: How to Handle the Loss of Loved Ones
Good Grief, Part 2: How to Handle the Loss of Loved Ones

So, grief is love? Hurting because a person is no longer with us is supposed to make me a more understanding and loving person? Sounds like a bunch of crap, right?

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Good Grief, Part 1: Understanding the Loss of Loved Ones
Good Grief, Part 1: Understanding the Loss of Loved Ones

Unfortunately, we are all subject to the whims of a randomly cruel universe. Whether it be a more “natural” death after ninety-five long years or a sudden and unexpected loss, they all hurt deeply in different ways. We become attached to the ones we love, and attachment is pain.

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