Our friend group used to be five people and now it's four, and two years later we still don't know how to be ourselves together without constantly feeling Maria's absence or pretending she was never there. Some of us want to keep traditions that included her and others think we need to create new ones, and we're all too scared to say what we really need.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're trying to discover who you are together in a space permanently shaped by someone who isn't there.
“Where Are You with Living with loss long-term?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.