Why I’ve Decided to Stop Grieving You

One last letter to a dead friend.

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I see your ghost everywhere, and it’s not fair to either of us. I think since you passed, I’ve grieved you more than my breakups, the death of a family pet, and the loss of my grandma put together — she was like 92, I expected it. I used to take loss in stride, but since you passed, it’s like every time I even think the word “death”, the world…