'The cruelest longing
is for those
who are still with us.'
Dom Helder Camara A Thousand Reasons for Living
Does that catch in your throat too?
Then, in my experience, you reach a point where you have to face the truth.
Look at it logically not emotionally -- others were involved.
It's a genuine mourning.
Did I say it was painful?
It's a legitimate death.
jsg/jan 19