Losing a loved one is a journey.

You don't just lose someone once.

You lose them over and over, sometimes many times a day.

When the loss, momentarily forgotten, creeps up and attacks you from behind,

fresh waves of grief wash over you as the realization hits home—they are gone, again.

You don't just lose someone once.

You lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn.

As you awaken, so does your memory,

along with the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart—they are gone, again.

Losing someone is a journey, not a one-off event.

There is no end to the loss;

there is only a learned skill of staying afloat when it washes over you.

Be kind to those who are sailing this stormy sea.

They have a journey ahead of them,

and every day brings a shock to their system as they realize—

they are gone, again.

You don't just lose someone once.

You lose them every day, for a lifetime.

It takes a village.

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