I've made an appt. with a grief counselor through Community Hospice and feel good about taking that step.  Best of all, it's free!!  My Mom was a Hospice volunteer so it's good to be going into a place that knew her. TGIF...looking forward to the weekend.  Dad and I are still maintaining very open lines of communication.  We talk a lot about my mother and how we are doing with our grief processes.  I am so glad that neither one of us has shut down!  Sometimes painful things come up but I'd rather have them out in the open than festering away unspoken.