from aretha's pages.

According to Elizabeth Kubler Ross, when we are dying or have suffered a catastrophic lost , we move into the five distinct stages of grief. We go into denial, because lost is so unthinkable, we can't imagine it's true. We become angry with everyone, angry with survivors, angry with ourselves. Then we bargain, we beg, we plead, we offer everything we have, we offer up our souls, in exchange for just one more day. When bargaining has failed, the anger is too hard to maintain, we fall into depression, despair , until finally we have to accept that we have done everything we can, we let go, we let go and move into acceptance.

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