Not everyone s grief is identical to yours. You will share some similarities with others, but grieving is a very personal and very individual process. Death like any great wound leaves a scar. It may heal and the pain may ease but the mark is always there. But the memories of the loved one are always there also.
People grieve in their own time and in their own way.
The second most important thing to remember is everything you feel during bereavement is normal. The third most important thing to remember is if you feel you cannot cope with your loss alone, you don t have to. Grief is the pain of not having the person who is gone. He is now wherever we are. Grief is the pain of not having the person who is gone.