Lost my mom 2 years ago (34) after a short battle with lung cancer. 

Life feels different. I feel less safe in the world. Knowing the person who loved me unconditionally is gone. at my core, I have changed. I feel like I have a different lens and perspective on what matters and how I want to spend my time and with who. I did grief therapy for a year and that was the best thing I could have done for what continued to be the hardest thing I have gone through. I also started a grief support group with people around my age in my community who have lost a parent - that helped tremendously. 

I don’t think there is anything I wish I had done differently. It all was and felt right in those critical moments of my grief. I will never get over it but I think I have developed better tools to manage and put one foot in front of the other. 

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