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Grief is like an onion...

 Grief is like an onion... Just when you think you have peeled back the final layer another one sits beneath it but the onion of grief is full of grace. It gives a chance to process. This is how I have found my journey with Huntington's disease.  I have been grieving since the day I got my positive result. Grieving so many losses has been a process. I was only 20 years old when I got my results, and 19 years old when I took the test for HD. I had no idea what I was opening the door to when I took the test. But I was adamant - I did not want to grieve. I refused. I believed I could continue life as normal after my result.  I had no idea that grief was constantly spilling out of my heart wherever I went and no matter how far away I tried to run from it. I could not escape the pain - it was there.  Suddenly life becomes back to front after the HD diagnosis. Death is what sits in front of you - the end of your life. You see the end - care homes, losing your independence,...