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Lost and Found

Who am I, now that you’re gone?

Lost and Found
The author, Charlene Huston | Credit: Lucia Gill

The year 2025 marked the end of a long period of loss for me. Losing someone you love is hard. Grief is universal and, in my experience, unpredictable.

Over the years, my journey has included more loss than I imagined I would ever have to endure:

My mother died, way too young, in 1988, when I was just 30.