What is loss? A loss can be anything from the death of a close friend or a family member, to losing a card game. Our feelings of loss flow out of our reaction to change. The changes we grieve as loss reflect our personal values. Grieving is basically mourning the lost part of ourselves that we invested in the person, place or object that we have lost. Parents too often rush their children through their …showed first 75 words of 607 total…

…showed last 75 words of 607 total…stages with no clear cut lines between them. Some stages are experienced more than once, while some are not experienced at all. Grief can be a gift if we choose to think of it in that manner. Within every loss lies the opportunity for gain and new beginnings. There is no way to make the most of the grieving process. Each of us must take responsibility for our choices. That is the challenge of grief.