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Hello friends,The simple question how are you? has become complicated for me since my dear husband Brian died in May. I am wrecked. I’m blasted to smithereens. I am so very sad. I’m either crying myself to sleep at night or lying in my bed not crying, frozen in pain. I’m waking and thinking okay Cheryl, let’s survive another day. I’m shaking with sorrow at the grocery store. I’m empty inside. I don’t know if I’ll ever be happy again. I am profoundly, unendingly devastated that my children will h
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