A boy of ten is getting ready for school when his dad suggests he "take a day off" and spend the day with some fmaily friends - and at the end of that day the boy learns that the "day off" was because his mother had died. A man is at work when the phone rings and he's told that he's needed at home immediately because of an accident. A couple is speaking to her dad/ his father-in-law about a forthcoming visit, and in the wee hours of the next morning there is a call from the dad/father-in-law's wife that he had died just hours after the phone call. These are things that happen. What to do?
No amount of advice, no matter how well-intentioned or even no matter how wise, will be the "magic pill" some folks look for. If it happened to you, then it's pretty much on you to see yourself through.
And therein is the question: What do you have? What is your most powerful weapon in dealing with the current situation. Perhaps just as important, what is your enemy?
We need to examine this, because nobody is exempt from such things happening. So, let's look at this issue, which you probably have had to face and you certainly will face in the future!