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"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear." — C.S. Lewis The racing heart. The restlessness. The sense that something else bad is coming. If grief has left you feeling anxious, afraid, or completely unlike yourself; that is not you losing your mind. That is what the death of a loved does to a body that cherished someone deeply. Dr. Alan Wolfelt breaks down why fear is so common in early grief, and what you can do to gently care for yourself #grief #griefsupport #griefquotes #healing #griefandloss

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When Stacey Meeker died, her husband Chris didn't just grieve his wife. Under current law, surviving military spouses who remarry before age 55 are stripped of the benefits their loved one earned through years of military service, including Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), survivor benefits, and healthcare coverage. Benefits that were paid into. Benefits that were earned. That is the remarriage penalty that the Love Lives on Act, included in the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act looks to overturn. And it affects tens of thousands of military surviving spouses right now. #TCAVA #TakeCareofAmericasVeterans #Advocacy #militaryfamilies #congress

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Most people think of grief as sadness, but anyone living inside it knows the physical weight. It is the kind of tired that sleep cannot fix. It takes energy simply to sit upright, to answer a phone call, to make dinner, or to walk through a grocery store where the world is moving along like nothing happened. Carrying profound love that has nowhere physical to go takes real, daily effort. If your body and mind feel worn down today, you are not broken, and you are not falling behind. Loving someone who isn’t here to hold your hand or walk through the door is heavy, quiet work. #Grief #Griefsupport #griefquotes #healing #griefandloss