Walter, you express feeling sadness and pain when you have encountered loss. Perhaps a feeling many people feel when they experience loss. In my youth I experienced living with a parent with a terminal illness. At first, the hardest part of the illness was not knowing when would be my father’s last day with us. However, when my parent passed I never felt sad or pain. I believe the reason I was able to transition into acceptance of my loss was because my parents, family, and friends had taken the time to teach and help me understand the process of death (loss). Several years prior to my Dad passing my family prepared me for his eternal departure, I still keep several of the Bible passages we would study and read together Romans 14:8, Ecclesiastes
