2step - I know what you mean about the family events being hard. I have a family vacation, then family reunion coming up next month. While I look forward to them in theory, I know the actual being there is going to be a big reminder of what is gone from my life.
Your comment about LBS not being allowed to be angry really resonated with me. Thanks for that reminder and good luck with the next few days. Hopefully you get through this post vacation blues and bounce back!
Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible. --Stanislaw Lem