. . . You're right, you should be. But that doesn't mean you can't be sad, too, that they're gone.

[The funny thing about emotions is that they can blend together like that and really mess you up. It feels like she's parroting the words of others at this point, but she doesn't mind, as long as it helps.]

Did . . . they leave anything behind? I think it's a little easier to deal with when you have a piece of them you can hold onto.