Some people, when they die, leave so much life behind that we wonder how they did it.
You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.
Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around - beds, pillows, arms, laps.
Loss teaches you to figure things out as they come along.
I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.
My father's body lies in a stone tomb high on a hill. People walk by, pause, think their own thoughts about him and move on, back to their own lives. I can never move on. He is everywhere.