Grief
An adult child that loses a parent is bound to experience grief. Grief is defined as a multifaceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grief
Grief is complex. Grief is raw. No two people will experience grief the same. Grief has no duration. There is no end date for grief. I am in the midst of this now. My mom, my rock, passed on January 6th after a 16-week fight for her life. It is not even a week yet and I know and recognize I have a long road of healing ahead of me. I am forever changed.
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