(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@martinangler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>martinangler</span></a></span>. Thank you for this powerful essay. I have thought a lot about <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/grief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grief</span></a>, too. This sentence stuck in my brain: "A loss may become more traumatic when you don’t have a chance to say goodbye." You explain beautifully & painfully the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/prolonged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prolonged</span></a> grief that accompanies sudden death. My father had early-onset <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Alzheimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alzheimer</span></a>'s & though I had years to say goodbye, I never really did b/c during that time, I forgot he was dying. Again, thank you for this & I am so sorry about your mother & sister.</p>