Source Karel and I would like to thank everyone who has reached out via text, send us flowers or a card, emailed us or sent condolences on social media for our recent loss of Campy. As I write this, it has been 8 days since we said good bye and the pain is still in our hearts. The relationship we had with Campy was extremely special. He was a big part of our life and our identity and we no longer have that relationship. Because Campy had a slow decline with his dementia over the past two years, we have been grieving for some time now. Anticipatory grief and responsibility grief. And now the real hard type of grieving. Grieving is a normal process of loss and we are working through what life without Campy will look like. Karel and I are grieving in different ways as we both feel a strong sense of emptiness. Grief is strange as it feels like we are on a rollercoaster of emotions. Many people mentioned to us that it's good to stay busy and to try to stick with a routine. Well,...
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