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From the Ted Talk by Nora McInerny: We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it

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Yeah.

"What if it's one of the Property Brothers?"

Less normal, but I'll acecpt it.

(Laughter)

Things like, "Look, when I'm out in public and I see old pploee holding hands, couples who have clearly been together for decades, and then I look at them and I imagine all of the things they've been through together, the good things, the bad things, the arguments they've had over who should take out the tsrah ... I just find my haret filled with rage."

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And that example is personal to me.

Most of the ciaoevnnstros that we have in the gurop can and will just stay amongst ourselves, but there are things that we talk about that the rest of the world — the world that is grief-adjacent but not yet grief-stricken — could really benefit from hearing. And if you can't tell, I'm only interested in / capable of unscientific studies, so what I did was go to The Hot Young Widows Club and say, "Hello, friends, remember when your person died?" They did.

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Yeah.

"What if it's one of the Property Brothers?"

Less normal, but I'll ______ it.

(Laughter)

Things like, "Look, when I'm out in public and I see old ______ holding hands, couples who have clearly been together for decades, and then I look at them and I imagine all of the things they've been through together, the good things, the bad things, the arguments they've had over who should take out the _____ ... I just find my _____ filled with rage."

(________)

And that example is personal to me.

Most of the _____________ that we have in the _____ can and will just stay amongst ourselves, but there are things that we talk about that the rest of the world — the world that is grief-adjacent but not yet grief-stricken — could really benefit from hearing. And if you can't tell, I'm only interested in / capable of unscientific studies, so what I did was go to The Hot Young Widows Club and say, "Hello, friends, remember when your person died?" They did.

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  2. people
  3. laughter
  4. accept
  5. trash
  6. group
  7. conversations

Original Text


Yeah.

"What if it's one of the Property Brothers?"

Less normal, but I'll accept it.

(Laughter)

Things like, "Look, when I'm out in public and I see old people holding hands, couples who have clearly been together for decades, and then I look at them and I imagine all of the things they've been through together, the good things, the bad things, the arguments they've had over who should take out the trash ... I just find my heart filled with rage."

(Laughter)

And that example is personal to me.

Most of the conversations that we have in the group can and will just stay amongst ourselves, but there are things that we talk about that the rest of the world — the world that is grief-adjacent but not yet grief-stricken — could really benefit from hearing. And if you can't tell, I'm only interested in / capable of unscientific studies, so what I did was go to The Hot Young Widows Club and say, "Hello, friends, remember when your person died?" They did.

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