The pain of loss. Part 8 of ∞.

It has now been a whole week since Mom passed away... and even writing that statement brings an emotional sting. People are kind and offer their condolences but it so often feels somewhat hollow to hear. This feels like a pain unknowable to all who have not experienced it... and those who have experienced it are part of a club nobody wants to join. Every well wish extended my/our direction is appreciated for its intent... but still feels hollow. Maybe it's just that I feel hollow to hear it. That I just don't have a way of relating it through their attempts to offer solace in any meaningful way. Maybe I am just apathetic to there unknowing situations otherwise.