Bereavement

I know that Steve Jobs said that Lifes greatest invention is Death but he also said - nobody wants to die.
I add to that - nobody wants their loved ones to die. It is sad, depressing and worse than the Grimpen Mire.

A funeral is a time of celebration / goodbye, and it is also a time to support loved ones. What a set of conflicting emotions.

It's very difficult to know what to do to keep everyone happy.

Also, what would the loved one want? Probably for everyone to be happy. That makes us all miss him more.

Friends and family will bicker, but it is only a test of love and resolve.

When you live hundreds of miles away you realise the heart can only fly so far - it needs a body to take it with you.

Cry, it helps. But grief is lonely. Lonely and occasionally desperate. It catches you unawares. Horrid, scary, powerful. Who knows what to do?

I will know when the moment comes but, for now, all is confused.