Grieving Mitzi

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross identified the stages of grief as denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.

I recently realized that I’ve gone through those stages as I grieve for Mitzi.

Denial:

This can’t be happening to me. I still think like I’m forty or maybe fifty. I’m not a forgetful old lady. I am not — even if I can’t remember names until the next day. Even if I forget why I…