My adult son cut contact with our family two years ago and my husband keeps saying he is dead to him but I cannot stop hoping he will come home before one of us actually dies.
More people experience this than they realize.
Sometimes we grieve the living more acutely than the dead, mourning relationships that end before life does.
“Where Are You with Anticipatory grief — losing someone before they die?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.