“Grief is like living two lives. One is where you pretend that everything is alright, and the other is where your heart silently screams in pain.” The root cause of such grief is the loss of someone special, and that too abruptly. One moment you’re laughing with the person and then in the next, reality is hard to accept that they’re gone. This quote came from the Instagram story of Mary Ruth Joyner, daughter of Florence Griffith-Joyner. She is someone who has lived through this grief. September 21, 2025, marks the 27th year of Florence Griffith-Joyner’s demise. Yet, even after 27 years, the grief still haunts her.

Mary posted a picture on her Instagram today, remembering her mother. The black-and-white image shows Florence Griffith-Joyner cradling young Mary in her arms, both of them smi

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