CGT provides a therapist-guided imagined conversation with the deceased. During one of these conversations, when Vivian said out loud how much she had loved him, she was flooded with the feeling that he loved her, too. “I think he loved me too much to die while I was in the hospital room,” she said. “Maybe it was a blessing that I left, so he could let go the way he needed to.” The strength of her feelings of love made her realize that what still held them together wasn’t her cooking, but rather a deep bond that could never disappear. Later, though Vivian still cooked for parishioners because
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