Perhaps the only certainty about loss is that time heals all. Unfortunately, healing is not always direct; it’s not like an ascending line on a graph, quickly and smoothly carrying us up to wholeness. Instead, the process feels something like being on a roller coaster—you climb toward wholeness then suddenly plunge into despair; you seem to regress, then you move forward; then you feel you’re back at the beginning. That is healing. You will heal, you will return to wholeness. You may not get back what you have lost, but you can heal. And at some point on your journey through life, you will see
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