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You don’t just lose someone.When you lose someone, it doesn’t happen just once.It happens over and over, sometimes numerous times in a single day.You’ll be going about your life .... functioning through your daily activities and then grief creeps in quietly.It attacks from behind, unannounced. A smell. A song. A place. A date on the calendar.A flash of memory.And suddenly, you lose them all over again.The pain is sharp. Real.As if it’s just happened.Because the truth is ....You don’t just lose someone once.You lose them every time you remember they’re not here.You lose them when you reach for your phone to share something, and realize there’s no one to answer.You lose them when their favorite season comes, and they’re not around to enjoy it.You lose them when the world keeps spinning, and they’re no longer in it.Grief doesn’t follow a schedule.It isn’t linear.It’s a journey .... not a moment. Not a chapter. It's a whole book that you carry forward with you for the rest of your life.~ Cody Bret