watching a parent decline

Faith in Hard Places | Grief and Loss

Watching Him Slip Away
ByBrandi Crum, LMFT May 8, 2026May 23, 2026

The continued grief of losing Daddy before goodbye ever fully came. There are losses that happen all at once. Then there are losses that happen slowly. The kind where someone you love is still here, but pieces of what you have always known begin to feel different. Their strength changes or their energy changes. Then…

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Faith in Hard Places | Grief and Loss | Mental Health and Healing

The Grief That Comes Before the Goodbye
ByBrandi Crum, LMFT May 2, 2026May 23, 2026

There is a kind of grief that no one really prepares you for. Learning to hold what hasn’t fully happened because nothing has “officially” been lost. They are still here.You can still see them.Still talk to them.And still sit in the same room. Yet something feels different. You start to notice changes in their energy,…

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