Grief can help people grow as individuals and in their families. During my grieving period in my life, my family and I dealt with the loss of my grandmother. Although it may seem unmanageable, grief does pass. Through this hardship I grew in ways I did not expect possible. In early September 2012, I learned that grief is like the ocean, it is deep, dark, and bigger than all of us.
Cognitive memories flood my mind of the day before the event. I recall looking back through the red pews of my church to see my grandmother singing the hymns played by the organ. Carrying on through the service, I sang and listened to the message as I normally would. At this time, I did not realize that my grandmother was going into heart surgery the following