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No one should ever have to get a phone call telling them that a loved one has passed away.
If you’ve been on the receiving end of one of those calls, you know the feeling of utter shock mixed with instant sadness. The feeling of the ground dissolving beneath your feet and the air in your lungs emptying without any sign of re-filling.
Those moments are almost other-worldly, and yet at the same time, they are some of the most real and relatable moments of our entire lives.
A few weeks ago now, I got a call from my mom telling me that one of my grandfathers had fallen, hit his head, and passed away. Completely unexpected. No one would have ever foreseen that that week, that day, would be his last.
It was and still is devastating.
Moments like this usher in a thick fog that coats nearly every aspect of daily life. Under this dense covering, we stumble through our waking hours, trying to in some way re-learn how to navigate our steps without being able to see our feet.
We’re told that, somehow, slowly, the fog will begin to lift and things will begin to take on their original colors again. People…
