It is innate for you to attach to things and people; to hold things of importance close to your heart. Thus it is also natural for you to feel a void when what you hold special is no longer present in your life.
Grief responses allow you to express three (3) basic things:
* Your feelings or emotions about the loss,
* Your protest at the loss, as well as, your desire to change what happened and have it not be true,
* You express the effects you have experienced from the devastating impact of the loss.
The purpose of grieving is to get beyond these reactions and work towards adapting to it. Grief assists in making necessary changes so you can live with the loss in a healthy way. Through grief you find meaning and strength.
Mourning your loss is the necessary process of returning back to life after you have been jolted from everything you knew. It involves leaving behind what needs to be left behind, bringing along what needs to be brought along, and learning to distinguish between the two.
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
-Little Orphan Annie