My father died on 29 Av 5762. My grandmother died on 30 Av 5763. My mother also had two consecutive years of aveilus without a break. It was difficult for me because my friends were having Bar and Bat Mitzvahs right and left during my year of aveilus and I couldn’t go to them. When my year ended, I was so excited to be able to go to movies again, but I was too young to drive and my mom, being in aveilus, couldn’t go with me to the movies. These issues, of course, are probably quite insignificant compared to what you’re experiencing, but you were also blessed to reach adulthood before your parents passed away. May Hashem give you the strength to make it through this year, physically and emotionally, and may you only know simcha in future years.
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