The Hard Truths I Learned While Looking After My Mother at Home.

Anticipatory grief is real. It shows up in small waves—while folding laundry, during a hospital visit, in the silence after a long day.

You begin processing loss long before it happens. And when the final goodbye comes, you realize you’ve already been grieving for months.

It doesn’t make it easier. It just makes it different.

8. It Changes You Forever

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