Dealing with death

From all the websites I have read this is good information:
When you first lose someone, you may feel like your world has ended. You need to readjust to your life without this person in it. There is no time frame for this. It may only take you six months to look at this person's picture and not be upset. This is normal. Feelings of guilt, anger, shame, helplessness, regret, sleeplessness and anxiousness are all very normal reactions. You may have these feelings for a year. That is completely normal. Speaking of the deceased as though they are still a part of your life is normal. Once you have adjusted to the loss, these feelings will subside.


Information from websites about kids:
Several websites all say the same thing about preadolescence, 11 to 13, begin to view death as real, final, and universal and are fascinated by details of the illness and funeral.
(This makes since why Marty was not freaked out when he picked out the burial site for his father. I was amazed how calm and confident he was that day.)



This is a subject I wish nobody ever had to deal with but the reality of life is that death follows, sometimes much too early.