There really are a few dumbshits walking around. They have NEVER experienced what a person goes through when they lose someone who has been a part of their history, their life.

Earlier this evening, paraphrasing what was said to me about the extreme grief I've been going through in the past couple of weeks in anticipation of the holiday season, I had someone tell me with such exuberance -- mind you that this individual has his sisters, a close relationship with his mother, God only knows how many relatives...

"I know you are grieving. But you are letting it consume you...grieve and let it go...keep your mother's memory a happy one and close in your heart, but don't let your grief destroy your ability to be part of this world...if you sit and wollow in that big house alone, you will not be a person anyone will want in their life. Bitterness and sorrow will not bring your mother back, let it go."