Moments to Mourn

thank you Warpzone. In ink, Dabbler

that consolation is reassurance that we are not alone in our grief, a fact that any crooked spiritualist "medium" knows to well.The more ornate our grief the more we cling to it. That is why some cultures have rites of passage that include mourning rituals, seldom are children taken to cemeteries, before someone dies and they attend the funeral.Thank you both for your comments. In ink, Dabbler

for your comment. In ink, David

here so well, is an element to the comfort of grief, "My grief is not as intense as someone elses." Some will use a blanket not just for cover but for ground cover. Lingering in grief will suffacate us, and those who tend to the grieving.We comfort someone out of instinct, human nature requires a "return' for our consoling, a token tear and a sniffle and on you go. That comfort is shared, what is the friend that grieves and grieves so that even when it is theoir turn to take the consol roll they may even overlap their grief upon the peer that seeks to consoled. Not much of a friend! in ink, Dabbler ps Nothing good comes from bad grief, how to grief well is lost as cultures assimalate, rites of passage are lost in the melting pots.