{"id":379617,"date":"2012-12-28T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/28\/on-overcoming-loss-and-suffering\/"},"modified":"2012-12-28T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T21:20:00","slug":"on-overcoming-loss-and-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/28\/on-overcoming-loss-and-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"On Overcoming Loss and Suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Christmas-Luminaries-2526-Tree-252712.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Christmas-Luminaries-2526-Tree-252712-225x300.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: large;\">The holidays can be an especially difficult time for those who are coping with a past loss or are reeling with fresh grief.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: large;\"><\/span> <\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: large;\">My heart is heavy for all whose sadness is raw right now.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: large;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: large;\">And, yet, the knowledge that we all have the ability to achieve healing lifts me up.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: large;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: large;\">I hope this message brings some form of comfort to you, or to anyone you know who might be struggling. 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