When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully,or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile. Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it.
Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.
Greenleaf Whittier Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death. The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.