I recently lost my mother. She was very dear to me. No one made me feel as loved and understood as my mother did... and thus I am finding it hard to accept that her love for me and my love for her were not enough to keep her going amidst what I thought was a temporary crisis. This loss of my mother has made me feel like an orphan, even though I am an adult. And I have noticed that I have been looking for mother-like figures in my mom's friends, my aunts and even some acquaintances. They're...

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