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When family members grieve different versions of the same person

My dad and I have been cleaning out my grandmother's house together and we keep finding things that spark completely different memories of her. I'm realizing we knew different versions of the same person and I don't know how to honor both without feeling like one of us is wrong.

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The multiplicity of a loved one's identity across relationships is challenging the assumption that shared loss creates shared understanding.

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