Persuasive Essay On Unconditional Love

As most would likely find it common, all three interviewees had their greatest loss pertaining to death. Susan, Liz, and Dave all went through a period of struggle when losing someone they loved dearly. Susan lost her father, Liz lost her brother, and Dave lost his brother. With each interview being very distinct from one another, specific parts of each interview stood out from the rest. For instance, in Susan's interview, the words she used to describe what she lost stood out. There was an intense amount of emotion when she replied to the question with "how do you describe when you lose a dad" and then used the words "unconditional love". Going into Liz's interview, there were numerous things that stood out to me. First and foremost, was the

264). Susan, Dave, and Liz did, in fact, have distinctive grieving processes from one another. For example, Susan grieved by compartmentalizing and continuing with work, whereas Dave preferred seclusion. According to Ariès (1975), seclusion can serve two purposes during mourning, the first purpose being to hide their grief from others and the second being to prevent forgetting the deceased prematurely (p. 134-158). However, neither of these reasons seem to be why Dave prefers seclusion. It appears Dave likes the seclusion to get his thoughts in order, but not necessarily because he wants to hide his thoughts from others. Instead, I think Dave likes the quiet and peacefulness of being alone. There are some individuals that believe an anticipated death is easier to cope with than a sudden death (DeSpelder & Strickland, 2015, p. 371). Using this perspective, this seems to be the case with Dave. He had an easier time coping with his father's anticipated death compared to his brother's sudden death. Whereas, Susan had opposite reactions therefore, her experience does not support the

Unexpectedly, Susan gave advice on coping with the loss of a parent instead of what I expected to be advice about coping with loss, in general. However, it makes sense that she would give advice on the loss of a parent due to her own story of loss. Liz's advice focused on faith and trusting in God to get me through difficult moments. Dave, on the other hand, gave very different advice than either Susan or Liz. Dave gave me some of the best advice. Part of his advice dealt with faith and knowing that whoever I have lost is with the Lord. Dave's main suggestion was to allow myself time to grieve and not be afraid to get grief counseling if I feel myself spiraling downwards. DeSpelder and Strickland mention that grief counseling helps individuals cope with uncomplicated grief (2015, p. 377). I know when I do lose someone very close to me I will have a difficult time processing my emotions and dealing with the loss. My dad knows this about me, which is why I think he gave me the advice. He knows that I will most likely need someone to help me move on from whoever I have