“No, not in my experience. The two emotions are opposites, and if you try to hold on to both, you’ll only have melancholy. I’m not saying I never feel sad about Katrine’s death. Sometimes the pain of her passing washes over me and I cry, or I sit silently for a time thinking of her. In the end, it’s the remembrance of the joy she brought into my life that consoles me. Prolonged grieving over a loved one is just attempting to cling to something that’s gone, but the joy that they’ve brought us is something that can fill our hearts forever.” Was I still grieving
