If given the opportunity to teach young children on coping with loss, I would make sure to highlight the fact that healing is progressive. For me, the pain of losing my mother didn't become evident until I was older and found times when I needed her. Since I lost my mother at such a young age, it never fully registered that she wasn't coming back until I had female problems that I thought she would have been interested in speaking towards. I knew she was a women of prestige and loved big events so every banquet I went to, or graduation or even wedding, I would think of how she would have loved to be there. The comfort for me was knowing that it was her time to leave. I knew she had battled that disease for many years and, finally she was freed from the physical infringements bound to her. By speaking to young adults I know that I would definitely want them to understand that death, though it may seem like a bad thing immediately, it starts to make sense that the person depart at their appointed time. I would emphasize that life is just as valuable so as to not ignite a gradient of suicides, but I would definitely want them to not fear it. I know that for me, when I reminisce I can be consoled that there will be a time and place where we will meet again. I think it would also be important for them to understand that it is okay to mourn but not to wallow in depression or to blame themselves. What this does, in my opinion, is make the situation more drastic and prevent you from using the death of a family member as fuel for your own successes. How can this fuel success you ask, well I believe that you can now dedicate your vivacity to your dead loved one. Use it as reason to support a cancer cause, delve into cancer research, speak on to those who experience what you have experienced. Your words could be a testimony that may allow another person to go through their own bereavement. Finally, I believe that the most important piec...