If grief is the result of love for a person who died, do we grieve for those people with whom we had a relationship but we’re not sure we loved? What about the person we didn’t always like? What about the person in our lives with whom we had a love-hate relationship–that person we cared for but always fought with? What about the person we loved who was often abusive? Do we still mourn their deaths?
Every person with whom we have a relationship has an influence on us. Some affect our lives in a positive way while others can have a negative or destructive impact. Many of these people we can be emotionally tied to in our relationships may not be loveable people. Still they did and do have many times an enduring effect on our lives and who we are. We find ourselves missing them despite our questionable…
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