My biggest problem with other people's reactions was when they would say things like “Oh, I know just how you feel. My grandfather died last month.” I mean, excuse me, but your grandfather had a long life, and it was probably his time to die. My sister, on the other hand, was only 40. She had a successful law practice with a partner. She was married with a five-year-old child. None of her friends had died; she was not an old woman with little left to look forward to. How could they equate an elderly man's death with hers? Additionally, the feelings I had for my sister were extremely close; she
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