“For instance, if you lose a loved one without getting to say good-bye, those feelings of regret and guilt and sadness do not simply disappear on their own. Those feelings must be reckoned with. They must be processed, and sometimes work must even be done to find a new way to say good-bye.”

“For instance, if you lose a loved one without getting to say good-bye, those feelings of regret and guilt and sadness do not simply disappear on their own. Those feelings must be reckoned with. They must be processed, and sometimes work must even be done to find a new way to say good-bye.”

— Claire Bidwell Smith