gima,
Originally Posted By: givingitmyall
I feel grief, which has to be for the loss of the family??
Of course. And for the loss of the "familiar," your old normal, and the future you envisioned for so long.
Originally Posted By: givingitmyall
I know I will come out of this better off and will end up happier than I ever have been. While I KNOW that, I don't FEEL that right now.
Yep. I don't know if there's anything we can do to begin feeling it. Like detachment, it just "happens". It just takes time, like so much else.

You're in my thoughts.

Gardener

"My soul, be satisfied with flowers,
With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them
In the one garden you may call your own."
Cyrano deBergerac