There should be a statute of limitation on grief. A rulebook that says it is all right to wake up crying, but only for a month. That after 42 days you will no longer turn with your heart racing, certain you have heard her call out your name. That there will be no fine imposed if you feel the need to clean out her desk; take down her artwork from the refrigerator; turn over a school portrait as you pass - if only because it cuts you fresh again to see it. That it's okay to measure the time she has been gone, the way we once measured her birthdays. Jodi Picoult
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When a person loses a loved one there is a grieving process that has to be followed. The person goes through stages of loss. One day they are happy and the next day they are sad and on the next day they are angry. They go through the stages of grieving and it is perfectly normal to feel sad for a long period of time.

However, it is not normal to feel sad without ever being able to cry again. It is also not normal to have your heart beat so fast when you hear a familiar sound because you think it might be her calling out your name. It is not normal to clean out their desk or turn over their pictures after a month, if only because it cuts you fresh again to see them.

The fact that someone has been gone from your life for a long time does not mean that they will never come back again. It only means that you can't see them anymore. You can still feel their presence and you can still hear them call out your name at times of great stress.

Source: My Sisters Keeper

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