are attempts to regain some of the control I felt I lost when my mother died. - David Kessler

When you hear someone repeating his grief story over and over, that means his grief has not been witnessed in a healthy way.

I guess the real question is, Why not me? Why did I think I was going to get through this life without sorrow, pain, or grief?

After all my years working with the dying and the grieving, I have found that in this lifetime, the ultimate meaning we find is in everyone we have loved. Your loved one's story is over. For unknown reasons, their time on earth has drawn to a close, but yours continues. I can only invite you to be curious about the rest of the story of your life.