I really don't know how anyone can be of any real help to another, other than to say "I'm sorry". We all have to - and do - find a way to get thru it on our own and in our own time. It's a very lonely and personal road that we each have to walk down, in our own way.

This is so beautifully expressed - and so painfully true. I found it a deeper and more hurtful pain than losing my father. I was shocked at the time by my own reaction to my loss.