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Thank You, Rainmom. Learning just now that this information is out there in many formats. Your answer matches Terynobrien' #4..

4. It’s okay to cry. Do it often. But it’s okay to laugh, too. Don’t feel guilty for feeling positive emotions even when dealing with loss.

5. Take care of yourself, even if you don’t feel like it. Eat healthily. Work out. Do the things you love. Remember that you are still living.

6. Don’t shut people out. Don’t cut yourself off from relationships. You will hurt yourself and others.

7. No one will respond perfectly to your grief. People–even people you love–will let you down. Friends you thought would be there won’t be there, and people you hardly know will reach out. Be prepared to give others grace. Be prepared to work through hurt and forgiveness at others’ reactions.

I like the advice in #6, Don't shut people out.


You go for it, caregiver's united!
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It will hit at the strangest times. I broke down 3 years after dad passed while at a Valentines party at MILs AL. I had been so busy taking care of things for Mom after he passed I never really cried much. Boy did I that day,, and that's OK
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“It’s OK to laugh, or cry, there’s no correct response,” ~ Hillary, book/film This is Where I Leave You
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There is a lot I don't know about grief, so I have visited the internet and want to post helpful things for others on here.
Here are 3 things...authored or gathered by Terynobrien:

1. You will feel like the world has ended. I promise, it hasn’t. Life will go on, slowly. A new normal will come, slowly.

2. No matter how bad a day feels, it is only a day. When you go to sleep crying, you will wake up to a new day.

3. Grief comes in waves. You might be okay one hour, not okay the next. Okay one day, not okay the next day. Okay one month, not okay the next. Learn to go with the flow of what your heart and mind are feeling.
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