Stages of Grief
Grief is a difficult and highly personal process. Remember that your other family members and friends are going to have strong feelings as well. Most people pass through five stages of grief, which were originally identified by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her pioneering 1969 work On Death and Dying. The process isn’t necessarily a linear one, though. You may find yourself bouncing between one stage and another, and some stages will take less time than others. As you