tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716837270313742174.post8881953853887051358..comments2012-04-13T14:52:52.851+08:00Comments on 2011 S2-06 English Language Blog: Chapter 4 Losing it (Joel)Patricia_Nghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038578427749303616noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716837270313742174.post-10700609354666402882011-02-27T18:04:12.311+08:002011-02-27T18:04:12.311+08:00Thank you for your honest response to the question...Thank you for your honest response to the question. <br /><br />I think you are so right about feeling guilt especially if you feel okay faster than is expected. I once had a friend whose mom passed on and they knew she would eventually and it was a matter of time because she had a terminal illness. The thing is that we were all very surprised he took it so calmly but what really surprised us was his father got married again the following year. It was not the conventional thing to do by everyone's standard. However, my friend said that he was 100% behind his father because it would have been something his mother would approve of. The fact they felt okay quite fast after his mother's death was a shock to many people and people were gossiping away, wondering if the other woman was already his father's mistress, etc. She wasn't but what helped his father move along so fast was that when the mother was still alive, she would talk to him at length about how to live life after she is gone and told him if he found someone else after she passes on, to quickly get married and not be lonely and that she would approve of it.<br /><br />As a response to how you organised your answer : I had expected you to say what you learnt from each article because each chapter dealt with a loss of a different nature. For example, I expected you to say something like 'I learnt from the first article to cherish every moment of life and to live each day as your last.... In the second article, dealing with a loss of someone you love is difficult but you need to accept it and move on. Sometimes you react with anger...', etc. It is useful to know what you got out of each individual chapter.Patricia_Nghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038578427749303616noreply@blogger.com