When someone you love dies, nobody can understand how you feel. You may not be able to put your feelings into words. You might feel numb, confused, afraid, and sometimes irrational. You should understand that these feelings and reactions are completely normal. You may find recovery takes longer than either you or others expect.
Death is part of living.
If we expect to live our lives fully, we must find ways to gradually work through our grief and integrate our losses into who we are. People frequently died in their own beds, and funerals were held at home. Children had the opportunity to learn about death naturally as they grew and matured. Today, in our highly developed society of technology and medical advancement, death has become a great mystery in our culture, frequently left in the hands of the professionals. Those of us who live in cities are detached from nature's endless cycles of death and rebirth.