I'd suffered many losses in recent years after my father mother uncle aunt and cousin had all passed away. In her final years my mother often lamented that there was no one alive who had known her as a girl and I was starting to understand how spooked she'd felt. I wasn't sure I could take any more abandonments. One succumbs so easily to mind spasms, worry spasms. [p. 95] Diane Ackerman
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The loss of the loved ones mentioned in your quote may seem like a burden, but it is not impossible to recover. If you know that you will be part of the family again, then there is no need to fear. Even people who are gone from your life can still be with you. The passage of time does not wipe out memories or love.

Source: One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, A Marriage, And The Language Of Healing

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