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Grieving mum's faith and pain stuck with me

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A grieving mother. (Courtesy/iStock)

One day as I sat at the hospital restaurant waiting for friends, I saw a lady sitting at the corner table looking dazed. She barely blinked, staring at a point above the pictures hung along the walls.

Soon, she was rocking herself as one would a child to soothe it. Tears ran down her cheeks, she looked exhausted, defeated even.

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