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When grief makes beloved activities unbearable

I haven't been swimming since my dad died because we used to go to the lake every weekend and now the smell of chlorine makes me cry in public pools

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Loss transforms the innocent pleasures of the body into unexpected altars of memory and pain.

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“Where Are You with Water — drinking swimming immersion as practice?”

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