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Not ready to say goodbye

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It’s my lovely Paul’s funeral tomorrow and I am laying here awake with so many thoughts going through my head. How do I cope, how do I say goodbye? These past 4 weeks have been leading upto this day and I don’t think I am ready to say goodbye. It is going to be a military funeral so I know it will be a fitting goodbye for him as he gave so many years of his life to the army. 

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  • But you will cope. Saying goodbye is a process, not an event in my experience, and the funeral is a step along the necessary journey. Those of us who have lost our beloveds are never ready to say goodbye. Take it one day at a time until the pain dulls. The funeral sounds as though it will be a fitting tribute and you will take memories away with you that you can revisit in the future and continue your long goodbye. 
    Stay strong. 

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