Prepare To Be Resilient

By Damita JQ      Life and death are a part of the human experience.   Experiencing the death of a loved one comes with a lot of challenges and different emotions.   Those emotions can be: grief, anger, fear, anxiety, regret, sadness, and more.   I recall going to funerals when I was a child and hearing others at there criticizing on other attendees lack of grief and tears.           I know all too well as a human being and as a professional that grief is personal.    Grief and a mix bag of emotions can hit prior to, during, and even a long time after the funeral of a loved one.      My thoughts center on death because my older sister died last month.    When she was younger, she was excited about life, so I always felt she would live a long life.   As an older adult, s he had been ill for a very, long time.  Due to the ravages of her disease and...