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“Grief has a way of sneaking into our lives uninvited, filling spaces we didn’t even know existed. But what happens when it arrives early, settling in before the loss itself even unfolds? In such situations, this refers to ANTICIPATORY GRIEF. Does grieving early lessen the sting when the final loss occurs? Or if it’s merely a futile attempt to prepare our hearts for something it can never truly be ready for. The begs the question, does anticipatory grief help us cope, or does it only deepen the wound?”

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