Secondary losses after the loss of a child (Archives)

Secondary losses after the loss of a child

One of the harder parts of loss is that loss rarely exists on its own; there are often secondary losses that accompany the death of a loved one. Abilities; relationships; even less-concrete things like hopes and dreams. These secondary losses add extra layers of pain.

Sunset on the California coast (Miranda Hernandez)

2 Jun 2018 – Peace

June 2, 2018

This year has been hard for me, but it’s been a clean kind of hard. Most people understand grief is a thing. Most people understand pain surrounding death. I don’t think most people understand what happens afterwards.

Secondary losses after the loss of a child (Archives)

Secondary losses after the loss of a child

2 Jun 2018 – Peace

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