Losing a parent changes everything. It doesn't matter if you were close or estranged, if it was sudden or expected. A fundamental part of your world is gone, and no one prepares you for how that feels.
Losing a parent is losing the person who knew you longest, who shaped who you are. It's also losing a version of yourself — the person you were when they were alive.
Unless someone has lost a parent, they can't fully understand the disorientation. Connecting with people who have — that's where real comfort lives.
The surreal feeling that they're really gone. Holidays and milestones without them. Things you wish you'd said. Inheriting their traits and seeing them in yourself. Finding a way to live with the absence.
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