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When others celebrate a family loss you privately regret

My brother died in Afghanistan and people keep thanking me for his sacrifice but I wish he had never gone and I do not know how to honor his memory honestly.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Public narratives about sacrifice can make private grief feel illegitimate or unpatriotic.

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