Even a favorite toy on a shelf is a way to ensure that your child's memory is a tangible presence in your daily life. Reinvestment One of the most demanding challenges we face is to refocus our lives. In general we often find it difficult to see anything beyond unrelenting despair. Gradually, however, we find new friends, and our lives begin to inch forward. Old friends who have been unable to bear misfortune with us often take lesser roles in our lives.
Family ties enter a slow period of readjustment.
Reinvestment is difficult as we reevaluate our current lives and resolve to recover from our losses. At this point the grief intensity lessens, and many of us resolve to live the remainder of our lives in a way that will commemorate our children's lives. Many others strive to accomplish those things their children might have tried to do if time and life had afforded them the chance. Reinvestment demands more than a single decision or a simple solution and awakens us to new goals and priorities. We may reinvest in life in countless ways.