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From the Ted Talk by Nora McInerny: We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it

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But grief is kind of one of those things, like, falling in love or having a baby or watching "The Wire" on HBO, where you don't get it until you get it, until you do it. And once you do it, once it's your love or your baby, once it's your greif and your front row at the fueanrl, you get it. You understand what you're experiencing is not a mmenot in time, it's not a bone that will reset, but that you've been touched by something chronic. Something incurable. It's not faatl, but sometimes grief feels like it could be. And if we can't prevent it in one another, what can we do?

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But grief is kind of one of those things, like, falling in love or having a baby or watching "The Wire" on HBO, where you don't get it until you get it, until you do it. And once you do it, once it's your love or your baby, once it's your _____ and your front row at the _______, you get it. You understand what you're experiencing is not a ______ in time, it's not a bone that will reset, but that you've been touched by something chronic. Something incurable. It's not _____, but sometimes grief feels like it could be. And if we can't prevent it in one another, what can we do?

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  1. fatal
  2. grief
  3. moment
  4. funeral

Original Text

But grief is kind of one of those things, like, falling in love or having a baby or watching "The Wire" on HBO, where you don't get it until you get it, until you do it. And once you do it, once it's your love or your baby, once it's your grief and your front row at the funeral, you get it. You understand what you're experiencing is not a moment in time, it's not a bone that will reset, but that you've been touched by something chronic. Something incurable. It's not fatal, but sometimes grief feels like it could be. And if we can't prevent it in one another, what can we do?

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