Grief is a necessary response for healing for someone who is experiencing an overwhelming sense of loss due to the death of a loved one. Everyone grieves in their own unique way, so it is hard to know how you will deal with your loss. The grieving process is often long and painful for all who knew your child. This includes parents, siblings, relatives, friends, peers, teachers, nurses, neighbors and anyone who understands how it feels to lose a child.
Grief is divided into five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression/sadness and acceptance. Not everyone experiences the stages of grief in the same order, and not everyone goes through the different stages in the same amount of time. In fact, some people may repeat a stage. Each step, however, no matter how often it is experienced or how long it takes to get through it, helps with the healing process.
