...of pain, of grief, devastatingly, can be so unexpected, so random and intensely difficult to get through.

I wanted more for him than he wanted, or was able to do, for himself.
Dreams I had, allowed myself to hope, all crushed.
He will never marry, he will never have children, be with his family, grow old.
He will never travel, see so much of the world, so much of it so beautiful.
He won't be here for any of the holidays he loved so much.
I will never share his great laugh and...

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