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When you avoid seeing someone who is dying

I have been avoiding visiting my uncle in hospice because seeing him makes the cancer real and I would rather remember him healthy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sometimes the heart chooses preservation of memory over the devastating honesty of goodbye.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Anticipatory grief — losing someone before they die?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.