ABSTRACT
Mourning is a period of postloss grieving when we reevaluate our relationships
with others and with ourselves. Mourning proceeds as a search. It is a form of
“exploring,” during which we get to know again a world that has been irrevocably
changed by our loss. This “getting to know again” entails sorting out the familiar
from the unfamiliar. As we mourn, we learn anew how things work, on whom
we can count-and on whom, we discover, we cannot truly rely. Mourning often
confounds our expectations.
