Strange Side Effects of Grief

Mourning has been much more surreal than I was expecting

Jen Hubley Luckwaldt
Nov 3 · 2 min read
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In September, my Dad died. I was prepared, I thought, to grieve. But no one mentioned how really odd the experience of mourning can be.

I expected to be sad. I am sad. But I wasn’t expecting the visceral sensation of a sadness this big. There was an empty space in my chest. Sometimes, when…

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Jen Hubley Luckwaldt

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I’m an Old Mom. Most of my stuff is about parenting and careers. I’m trying to write every day in November.

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