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When the dead's digital remains reveal withheld love

I cleaned out my father's computer after he died and found emails he never sent, including one to me saying he was proud of me, and now I'm angry that he couldn't say these things while alive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Technology preserves not just what was shared but what was withheld, sometimes offering the gift of hidden affection or the wound of unexpressed love.

Ideas that help explain it
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