◇ You lose at least half of yourself
◇ Grieving is pain, tears, anger, regrets, grief dreams, even heart pain (known as broken-hearted syndrome)
◇ You can love/be loved again
◇ You can have the pain of another loss again (big fear for most)
◇ You will always have the pain of your loss
◇ You will always love/miss your loss
◇ There is a mixture of pain and love together; imagine a rainstorm with a rainbow as you begin to heal, even find love again
◇ Your loss and new love will always have an overlap to a degree or more
◇ Loss pain does become more manageable with time
◇ Grief can be a mixture of all stages, even jumping from level to level, out of order
◇ The first 2 years are the hardest after a loss
◇ There is no limit in your time to grieve; as a matter of fact, once you’ve had a loss, there will always be grief to some degree, which leads to:
◇ We ‘move forward’, not ‘move on’
◇ Our loss will always be a part of you/your children
◇ You have to heal first/refind yourself before finding love after loss
◇ Tears have to come in order to begin healing
◇ You will smile again
