Suffering is not a prerequisite for happiness.

- Judy Tatelbaum

Though we may not always be able to avoid pain, we can choose how much we suffer.

- Judy Tatelbaum

Whether we experience it or not, grief accompanies all the major changes in our lives. When we realize that we have grieved before and recovered, we …

- Judy Tatelbaum

Our misconception is in imagining that our suffering or how intensely or how long we grieve is a measure of how much we loved. In truth, none of us w…

- Judy Tatelbaum

Although our love never dies, the pain of our loss can eventually dissolve.

- Judy Tatelbaum

We learn to face the reality and the pain of our loss, to say good-bye to the dead loved one, to restore ourselves, and to reinvest in life once agai…

- Judy Tatelbaum

Appreciate life instead of resisting it.

- Judy Tatelbaum

Another misconception is that if we truly loved someone, we will never finish with our grief, as if continued sorrow is a testimonial to our love. Bu…

- Judy Tatelbaum

Emotionally, grief is a mixture of raw feelings such as sorrow, anguish, anger, regret, longing, fear, and deprivation. Grief may be experienced phys…

- Judy Tatelbaum