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Today's yoga had me reflecting on my feelings about loss. This year, my father will be gone 17 years. The loss of Sunshine makes the loss of my father and the mystery of the passage of time sting a bit more this year. Time is fleeting but ever so boundless. My father knew Sunny briefly and Sunshine's life and loss represents the block of time I've been without my father. The loss of Sunny has intertwined with the loss of my father.
I am grieving the loss of Sunshine similarly to the loss of my father. Both were with me for half of my life. That is such a long time and a short time all at once. My father was my caregiver and I was Sunshine's caregiver. I was my father's child and Sunny was my child. The loss is equal in measure no matter human or animal and one loss compounds on the loss of the other. There is no such thing as getting used to loss. We endure our losses and accept that time and life move on but we always remember and honor those we have loved and lost. 💗
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