Midnight--Sunrise: Grief: Loss of a Loved One Got to Know You . . .

In conclusion, the long-term goal for conducting bereavement is for the adolescent to develop skills and tasks that are necessary for entry into adulthood. Individuals will learn to understand the reality, to comprehend the inevitability, and to explore the mysteries of life and death. Indubitably, a more profound meaning and goal may emanate when one ponders the subject of death. In so doing, life and death become tangible concepts when the illusion of our earthly immortality is repudiated and when the irreversible inevitability of the death of others and one’s self is challenged. The pricelessness of life becomes manifest and obvious when we courageously choose to conscientiously know ourselves as Midnight—Sunrise.