By Tim McKee, Francis Weller — 2015
"But now we’re asked — and sometimes forced — to carry grief as a solitary burden. And the psyche knows we are not capable of handling grief in isolation." - Francis Weller
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CLEAR ALL
The mismatch between the knowledge and the longing is perhaps the most anguishing of all human experiences.
In the months before my father died, I asked him a version of that question: How will I live without you?
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