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The second year

Nobody warns you it can be harder. Why the help ends at the funeral and the hard part starts afterwards. Keeping a bond without getting stuck.

For a man a year or more on, who expected it to be easier by now.

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  1. Why the second year catches peopleSoon
  2. What you keepSoon
  3. The dates you know are comingSoon
  4. When it has not shifted at allSoon

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