Almost every person will experience loss and grief throughout their life (Porter, 1999). Grief is a unique personal reaction to bereavement or loss (Buglass, 2010). It will be determined by the individual themselves on their response to their loss (Howarth, 2011). The bereaved person will face emotional, physical, cognitive, social and spiritual reactions to a death (Porter, 1999). Grief can be temporary or long-lasting (Marks, 2004). Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) described those who grieve withdraw and detach themselves from their surroundings (Buglass, 2010). Erich Lindemann (1900- 1974) identified grief has evident patterns (Payne, Horn, and Relf, 1999). Colin Murray Parkes (1928- ) argues that grief is a social process (Shear, 2010). The writer
