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Grieving What Wasn’t: Navigating the Complex Grief of Losing My Estranged MotherGrief is deeply personal and rarely follows a predictable path. For many, losing a parent is a life-altering experience filled with sorrow and reflection. But what happens when that loss is tangled with years of estrangement, unresolved emotions, and bittersweet memories? For me, losing my mother only two short months after losing my father (and after years of minimal contact) brought a grief that felt confusing and heavy. I’m still learning how to navigate it.The Reality of EstrangementGrowing
Thank you for sharing i understand some of what you experienced but you are right. Grief is unique and different everything and everyday. I have always told Jonathan, we don't get over those we have lost. We just get use to them being gone and missing them.