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Surviving My Mother's Death. Part 7

     So I was thinking how I accomplished certain goals dealing with the aftermath of my mom's sudden departure. Dealing with hospitals, insurance policies and other paperwork can be taxing on anyone experiencing a major loss at the same time.  The mental gymnastics one must go through to suppress their grief while solely dealing with everything can stress out the strongest person, which I was not.  I don't think enough people discuss this part of surviving a loved ones death. When you are the only child of a parent, all of that work falls into your lap and no amount of opinions will help.  

    I am saying this to those who may be in similar situations. Pace yourself and do only what is necessary first and then the rest will fall into place. I recently had a few things finally completed 1 year and a half later and I am OK with that because that was God's timing. It still got done and I am grateful I stopped thinking I was  on a timeline to accomplish all things at once. 

I realized I needed to breathe.

Sherri M. Littleton

For Yesterday's Post:

https://sherrimlittleton.blogspot.com/2021/05/surviving-my-mothers-death-part-6.html


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