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As time passes, parts of our identity might fall away.

Our professional identity is one aspect we might have to give up as we get older.

Losing a spouse also means that shared aspects of your life may no longer be relevant.

I wrote recently about how the change of season affects my grief , but I’m coming to understand that I also have entered a new season of life.

The loss of a longtime partner can feel like the world has been set spinning at warp speed, like the changes that might have happened slowly, one falling leaf at a time, have instead happened suddenly, like a blue norther blowing in overnight.

Granted, life changes merely with age. Many things would have changed for me even if Tom were alive.

Professional identity might drop away

For example, my professional

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