Gumbo Talk: Dealing with Death

My father died just a week ago and now the new phase of living with one parent begins. Many people are hurt and shattered when death comes close to us. I submit that we know ever since we were born that we will die. The older we get the more we prepare for it, hopefully. I want to talk about being prepared for the inevitable and then what ways there are to push through grief to set up a new way to look at life with a puzzle piece now inactive. I do not have all the answers, but I do have some that may help you and yours during the most difficult times we face. Let's deal with death right in the face of its sting and necessariness.