I would like to address the most difficult part of dealing with the death of a loved one, grief. It is a very strange animal. Like I said in last weeks post; grief is an expression of love. The more we loved that person the more we greave.
I remember years ago a dear friend lost her little baby boy when he was several months old. She had lost other children during pregnancy and this little boy was a miracle and a surprise. Unfortunately he had a heart condition and he died after surgery. After he died I started to have the strangest feeling of incredible grief every time I drove near her house. I had never felt such grief before. It was like driving into a cloud. I felt it come and I felt it go as I drove past the area. I thought it was so strange. I know I was feeling her grief. I have felt empathy for others in their losses but not like I had during that time. I believe grief is almost tangible, and we can experience others grief. Even though I had this experience and because of my fathers death I researched all I could on death, nothing could prepare me for the grief I would experience after Kory’s death.