Bereavement

who have lost a loved one. You stated it perfectly, "disrupted the whole dying and grieving process". It put an entire different spin - not the best word- on the grieving cycle. I remember the first thing I was told was to not isolate. Then here in Arizona things shut down two weeks later. Of course by this time most of the nation was already self-isolating. Not a mixed message and isolating was necessary and I still do isolating because of the covid numbers. Still the isolating doesn't help when it comes to the contact needed to heal from loss.

To quote Star Trek, "The needs of the many outweigh the need of the one." I mangled the quote but the Star Trek folks will not what I mean. Friends who have had shots come by for visits. We order take out and enjoy a meal on the outdoor patio from time to time.

Yes, it hurts this final good-bye but it is good to finally get it settled.