Living through grief with hope

Clinical psychologist María Josefina Edith Parrilla Aguilar explains that every person experiences the grieving process differently. According to Aguilar, a specialist in thanatology, oncology, and logotherapy, coping with loss involves recognizing the loss, finding support, and gradually adjusting to a new reality rather than attempting to forget the deceased or stop feeling pain immediately.

From a Catholic perspective, hope in God can accompany the grieving person without denying the suffering caused by the loss. The experience of Israel Vargas, who struggled with the sudden absence of his mother, illustrates the difficulty of recognizing that life continues even when a person is no longer physically present.