Thank you both for that encouragement. The open sharing of the lives of my mom, son and husband, as well as others whom other family members have lost actually becomes a sort of active grieving. We are using that to fill the emptiness we have from their passings. It doesn't do that the same as if they were here, but is a better healer than suffering quietly without mentioning them at all. We love to talk about them.
Bless you both.