What I've learned in the past few weeks...

I've learned that loss is just that....loss. It can't be replaced or filled by something else. It's there and will always be there. You just have to decide how you want to deal with it. You can go back to it as a horrible tragedy that only brings sadness or bitterness and pain and remains a big hole in your heart or go to a place that you visit with memories of precious moments spent together, words written in correspondence, recollections from family and friends and a place  filled with their presence. 


A place of warmth and comfort that they would give you if they were here. 


It's still sad but in that place you find hope and encouragement to keep their memory alive in how you live...the good parts of them that you pass on and keep alive.