M01 · Bereavement and Grief
Death of a loved one
Acute bereavement after the death of a parent, partner, child or close friend.
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Feynman's continuing-bond letter to Arline
Sixteen months after his wife Arline died, pragmatic physicist Richard Feynman overcame his belief that there was no sense in writing and wrote her a tender love letter, affirming his enduring love, shared projects and grief.
“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, he is my creature, and [in spite of] all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me.”