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Why merciful deaths can feel like punishment

I'm grateful my father died quickly but I never got to say goodbye and I don't know if I'm more thankful or angry about how it happened.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The manner of death shapes the nature of grief in ways that can make blessing and curse indistinguishable.

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