Lossography Response

Lossography Response/Reflection
All of these essays impacted on a personal level as both a student, and as someone who has personally experienced loss during my own lifetime. These essays ranged in topics from the loss of a close personal friend, to the loss of a childhood pets. And it really made me realize that even the smallest losses can have a resounding effect on a person's concept of death. The examples of the pet fish and the pet bird in essay three really showed me that even though someone else may not view the loss of something as small as a fish to be a significant loss, it may mean all the world to another person. It really makes you think before you try and minimalize someone's personal loss, no matter how small. Even the loss of a relative that was not close to you can have a resounding effect on a person's familial interactions.
They claimed that even though they were closer with their maternal great-grandmother, they did not outwardly grieve nearly as much at her wake as they did at her paternal great-grandmothers'. This really illustrates something that I have learned during my experiences with funerals as a child, that every family, and even every person, grieves in a different way. Some people are the crying type. They find the tears to be cathartic and comforting, while others find comfort in a funny story from that person's life. Some funerals feature sobbing relatives, others have an overall tone of laughter and don't seem to be sad at all. It varies drastically for each particular family and