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When preservation becomes its own form of loss

I keep my dead brother's voicemails saved on my phone but I'm afraid to listen to them because what if I wear them out somehow.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The attempt to hold onto the beloved creates new forms of separation.

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