Here I was on vacation and he just died. Although many things can be done to mitigate the pain, some say the grieving never stops. Fouts says she can sometimes go through months without getting really upset, but then a little event can set her off. Moretti says that if children lose someone close to them, they often do not fully comprehend what has happened. But when they get older, they start to realize what the death really means and may begin to grieve again.
Children have a hard time understanding the future effects of death.
People will experience the loss in many different ways their entire lives. Smith says that the fact that her father will not be there to walk her down the aisle has hit her the hardest. Ever since I was five, I dreamed of getting married and having my father walk me down the aisle. It didn't matter who I married, as long as my father was there. Smith believes that time will not change anything about her feelings for her father.