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When death brings relief instead of just sadness

I feel guilty that I am relieved my father finally died after watching him suffer with cancer for eighteen months.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Love can hold both grief for loss and gratitude for the end of suffering.

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“Where Are You with Living with loss long-term?”

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