My dad taught me to hunt in these woods twenty years ago and now they want to turn them into a shopping complex and I don't know how to grieve something that isn't dead yet but will be soon.
More people experience this than they realize.
Anticipatory loss of meaningful places creates a unique form of grief that begins before the actual destruction occurs.
“Where Are You with Forests — ancient and new?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.