Grieving In Catch The Moon

Grieving is an important part in life. Without grieving one can never move on from what they are grieving about. In the short story Catch the Moon by Judith Ortiz Cofer, it follows the life of Luis Cintron and his process through grief from the loss of his mother. On the other hand, a review, A Review of “On Grief and Grieving? Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss” by Lori A. Bolden goes into depth about the stages of grief and how grief impacts a persons everyday life. In order for people to get over a loss of a loved one, they have to go through all the stages of grief to move on. The grieving process is a very important process in ones life. Without the grieving process people will always have a void that can never be healed. In fact three years ago, Luis’s mother passed away. Ever since his mother passes away his relationship with his father was not the same. They have not had a sit down meal in a year, but tonight they did. After dinner Luis takes the car because he needs air and ends up at the funeral home where his mother was. “He missed her. He missed her so much. Suddenly a flood of tears …show more content…
Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss” explains what each process of grievance is and what they consist of. In the ending chapters of “My Own Grief,” the authors explain how they have an experienced the death of loved ones and how they healed. “In these chapters, the reader sees that grief is essential to dealing with loss in life and the void that remain when a loss has not been addressed”(Bolden 237). Grief is a very important process that one must experience so they can move on from a loss that they experienced. Without the process people will always be in a constant state of grief and it will affect their mental health in negative ways. As a result of Luis not completing all the processes of grief it effected his school work and mental