Everybody has had someone close to them be taken away, either by death or by relocation it happens one way or another. Everybody has their own way of dealing and coping with the pain and heartache. At the same time though everybody has a way of coping that others relate to.
Most people Don't remember the good, they sit and ponder on the the things that they failed to do or shouldn't have done. They see the memories as something that they will never get back, They cope with depression or extreme sadness, they choose not to see the good but only the bad. In the worst cases they may even turn to self harm or stimulants.
Others try to forget, they don't try to see the good or the bad just simply move on. They delay the remembrance, leaving the loved one in a pit in the mind never to be acknowledged only to rot and decay away. They will numb the mind to help with the process by using stimulates and or abusing privileges. In the worst cases they will even deny the existence of the loved one as if they were never even there in the first place.
The last way is to rejoice, see the good, not to look at the memories as something that cant be relived, but as something that you can always look back on and be happy. They see them going to a better place and one way or another you'll always keep in touch with them, they go everyday remembering in joy and happiness to the day when they will be reunited with that person, and that in all reality no matter how far away they seem, they are always in your heart.
How do you cope with the loss of a loved one regardless the cause? How would you like to remember them? Most importantly how would they want you to remember them, and how would they want you to cope with the loss?