Coping With Sadness

For my author study project I read two different books by Kate DiCamillo.  I read Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tiger Rising.  In both of those books there was a theme of loss, but more importantly hope and friendship.  Both of the main characters lost someone/something that was very close to them and they both had to cope with it in different ways.  We all have different ways of coping with things whether it be bottling it up inside, or crying for days on and and being a very emotional person.  We all need to cope with things in our own time and express our sadness in a healthy mannor.  Have you ever lost something or someone who you were very close to? If so, how did you grieve your loss? Were you like Opal in Because of Winn-Dixie and ask questions about the lost family member, or were you more like Rob from The Tiger Rising who bottled everything up inside and eventually overflowed.