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Bereavement

Joinfortmill

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12. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Reply to murielm99 (Original post)

Thu Mar 24, 2022, 08:19 AM

Mar 2022

We cannot choose our family and they can seem very strange to us sometimes, but we can choose our "tribe", no matter how small that tribe may be. It sounds like you have both. Your tribe may be small, as mine is, but you only need one other person.

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Only a few members of my family [View all] murielm99 Mar 2022 OP

I know the feeling KT2000 Mar 2022 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #2

Grief is hard for so many reasons. I'm sorry that they're making it harder for you. littlemissmartypants Mar 2022 #3

I have placed you in my heart. sprinkleeninow Mar 2022 #4

In September, two weeks in a row, murielm99 Mar 2022 #13

Your Karl is heaven sent. So beautiful his gift, and yes, his gesture is moving. sprinkleeninow Mar 2022 #14

I have shared a few memories of my brother here. murielm99 Mar 2022 #5

You have my total sympathy. Narcissism rips a family up. PurgedVoter Mar 2022 #6

Many people see death as a personal threat. alittlelark Mar 2022 #7

You *Are* an Island Roy Rolling Mar 2022 #8

I'm sorry that you feel so alone with your grief. brer cat Mar 2022 #9

Have you contacted a hospice for bereavement therapy? SheltieLover Mar 2022 #10

How... DemUnleashed Mar 2022 #11

I'm so sorry for your loss. Joinfortmill Mar 2022 #12