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How to mourn one twin while raising the other

I had twins and one died at birth and the other lived, and I do not know how to grieve one child while celebrating the other.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Simultaneous joy and devastation create an impossible emotional landscape where celebration feels like betrayal and mourning feels like ingratitude.

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