> You don't "recover" from the loss of a loved one. ... You do learn to cope with it and find a new way to live with it. This can be applicable not only to los

> You don't "recover" from the loss of a loved one. ... You do learn to cope with it and find a new way to live with it. This can be applicable not only to losing someone to death, but also to the end of any relationship, especially if you did not truly want it to end. It changes you, and you learn to cope. The uplifting part in this is that you grow as an individual, and you are more hardened to handle difficult things in the future. I've found that any complaints about small things in my life generally go unsaid. Before my Mom died of cancer I would have perhaps talked about, "I can't believe this happened on <favorite reality show> last week, <rant />," I now let a lot of unpleasant things wash over me, knowing that there are fewer truly important items in the world worth getting riled up over.