BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

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Moving forward without closure

Moving forward without closure

Katie Hawkins-Gaar on carrying grief with us

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Carissa Potter
Aug 11, 2022
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Many of us have a complicated understanding of the statement, “Things Were Meant To Be.” I know I do. So does Katie Hawkins-Gaar. It’s a concept that I long to take comfort in, but that’s not always helpful in processing grief.

Katie started My Sweet Dumb Brain in 2018, a year and a half after her husband died while running a half marathon. He was 32. S…

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