I was asking my female patient if she enjoyed her Christmas celebrations when she started to tear up.
"I don't like this time of year" she said, "the last time my father spoke to me was on Christmas and then he died two days later."
"I'm sorry to here that, how many years has it been since his passing?" (I asked this thinking that the death had been recent because of her emotional reaction)
"Oh... in '52"
Yikes. That's a long time to feel so sad about a holiday.
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