Repeating the story is often a griever's subconscious way of trying to get much-needed attention. - David Kessler

Maybe your meaning will come by finding rituals that commemorate your loved one's life, or by offering some kind of contribution that will honor that person. Or the loss of your loved one may cause you to deepen your connection to those who are still with you, or to invite back into your life people from whom you've been estranged. Or it may give you a heightened sense of the beauty of the life we are all so privileged to have as long as we remain on this earth.

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them? — Rose Kennedy

Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die.