Losing two

After my dad died when I was a  little girl my mother was in a bad way with five children to care for and money to earn
I only realised recently, when you lose one parent, you lose another because the mother left behind alone is not the same as she was when she had a loving husband.So when a friend’s husband dies, your friend is not the same person as before.So in a way you suffer two losses
But when we look at Syria, how can we complain?

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