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Death is a tough thing to wrap your mind around, which is strange because dying is a thing intrinsic to human life. This past weekend, I traveled with my family out to Colorado to remember my grandmother, who passed away in January 2020 at the age of 89. Anyone would tell you that 89 years is a perfectly normal age for someone to live to, but it was still difficult to say goodbye. How do you wrap your head around someone dying at just 23.

Let’s try. I think that there is a bit of a train of thought to grieving over someone who passed away.