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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aaron Morrison

For Buffalo shooting victims' kin, Mother's Day is a reminder of loss, a lesson in navigating grief

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Tirzah Patterson will dedicate this Mother’s Day to the hardest part of a mother’s job, trying to help her child make sense of tragedy.

Patterson and her husband had divorced but remained close for the sake of their son. Then Heyward Patterson was gunned down along with nine people in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket a year ago Sunday.

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