Grief encompasses a range of complex, untidy emotions.

Evidence

In even the best of caskets, it never all fits—all that we’d like to bury in them: the hurt and forgiveness, the anger and pain, the praise and thanksgiving, the emptiness and exaltations, the untidy feelings when someone dies. — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 616

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 616
• XREF: connects to: Grief and desire can coexist in profound moments of reflection. — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 441; The presence of a deceased loved one can feel real during mourning. — Hamlin Garland Munseys, A Daughter of the Middle Border, 1059; Emotional reflections on aging evoke themes of loss and nostalgia. — Hamlin Garland Munseys, A Daughter of the Middle Border, 1798 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Historical trauma transmits across generations through grief and disrupted cultural transmission #expands (0.55) — , The Rod and the Child, 10692