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[quote=Anonymous]My mother lost her mother in a sudden accident when she was 13. She was an only child from a country in South America- her parents were divorced and her dad, who had another family at that point, basically enrolled her in boarding school and had her taken care of by a sister of his during the summers. My mom didn’t talk about her mother’s death with anyone until she was in therapy in her 30s in New York after immigrating to this country, and getting a masters and PhD. She channeled her grief into her learning and education and used it as a catalyst to leave her country of origin and become a professional. Her mother’s death completely changed the trajectory of her life- I’m not sure she would have left her country otherwise. But she carried and continues to carry the grief and pain of that loss well into her 70s. Confronting it in therapy helped her heal and we are incredibly close and talk about her mother- whom she has a remarkable amount of memories of- often. I never met my maternal grandmother but I feel her presence in my life and through my mom, which I think is pretty special. [/quote]

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