After happy-ever-after comes the long goodbye, wrenching and awkward. The first year is numbness, overwhelmed with tasks, and learning new ways The second is weeping and anxiety; tasks continue to overwhelm and yet soothe. A structure to the daze.
The Long Goodbye
Learning Living 
I think I understand how tasks can overwhelm and yet soothe. Good description.
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