How to Cope With a Parent's Death and Rebuild Your Week
Coping with a parent's death runs on two clocks. Grief arrives first; the structural loss surfaces once the estate admin ends and the check-ins stop, because a parent occupied hours, rhythm, a family role and part of your identity. The restoration half can be rebuilt in five moves: contain the paperwork, write down what they occupied, refill in the order things break, set a floor week with a restart rule, and keep one thread on purpose, while knowing when grief needs a doctor.
