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My child told me of her dream this morning. Though maybe not a dream, but a fantasy, I was hard pressed to answer.

She said she thought her father was yet alive and that she saw him alive one day, and me alive the next.
Interchangeably dead and alive the both of us.

She's seen the death certificate, but doesn't accept it as real
(maybe).

The only lame thing I could offer, was my own solace, I told her when I really need to be closer to him, I light a candle, and speak with him about all that I hold inside.

I'm not sure this is adequate, but the lump in my throat choked me up. Now I believe I am in damage control mode.
Awareness is one thing, but how to deal, with/ it, sometimes is rough.

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