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When others minimize your loss

I had to put my dog down yesterday and my neighbor said 'at least it wasn't a person' and I wanted to hit her because grief doesn't have a hierarchy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love creates its own scale of meaning that others cannot measure or diminish from the outside.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and gratitude — the paradox?”

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