Our minds and bodies react to the change in our lives. If we don’t deal with the emotions, the grief shows up in other ways like anger at ourselves or others, drinking, overeating or undereating, and workaholism, to name a few. At some point, this is different for each of us and with each change, we are ready to move forward. This doesn’t mean forgetting or pretending the event didn’t happen. It means the pain of staying where we are is worse than the idea of moving forward.