What other people think of your grief is none of your business. - David Kessler

But like it or not, change happens and, like most things in life, doesn't really happen /to us/ - it just happens.

Living is different from being alive. We come out of loss alive, but we're not living yet.

A loved one's death is permanent, and that is so heartbreaking. But I believe your loss of hope can be temporary. Until you can find it, I'll hold it for you. I have hope for you. I don't want to invalidate your feelings as they are, but I also don't want to give death any more power than it already has. Death ends a life, but not our relationship, our love, or our hope.