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I do not know if that is what they are thinking or not, but it reminds me a lot of how I feel after losing my dad. From my limited perspective on life, death, and eternity, I have all the reason in the world to expect he will not come home again, but I am still going to wait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5caa60f2523958b22996012c/1598463085406-K121P03DIG8SGAJM2XZJ/rubber+band+ball.png Blog - Grief - We can't even expect that the stages of grief will go in order and remain in order over a long period of time. If I were to draw a picture of the stages it would look more like a ball made of rubber bands than a linear line, or even a circle. Regardless of the shape, we do not move through all of the stages on our drive home from work. 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