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Experiencing loss vs grieving

Working through grief is a process that may take years. Don’t worry that it’s taking too long. Many times we think we’ve moved past mourning a loved one only to find later, years later, that we haven’t when we burst into tears while picking out oranges at Kroger.

Here are two perspectives that helped me look at grief more openly, even 10 years after losing my son to suicide:

1. All There Is

Anderson Cooper learned he hadn’t grieved his losses ...