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My mother told me it would take 5 years to ‘get over’ her death. Here’s where I’m at a decade later.

by External Article | Apr 12, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Generation X, Grief | 0 comments

The cruel irony of losing your mother is that right after her death is when you will need her the most. My mother died a decade ago, when she was 57 and I was 21. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 9, but, for the most part, she made a full...

“Normal” vs. “Complicated” Grief

by External Article | Mar 5, 2009 | Care Work Library, Generation X, Grief | 0 comments

A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore. Some researchers have found that it is “easier” to experience a death if you know for at...

My mother told me it would take 5 years to ‘get over’ her death. Here’s where I’m at a decade later.

“Normal” vs. “Complicated” Grief

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