My father in law died unexpectedly almost a year ago. He was admitted to hospital out of the blue and died less than a week later in March last year. My daughter was 5 at the time and understandably devastated (we saw him every other week, so she saw him regularly). She seemed to come to terms with it and has been back to her normal self for quite some time however this past week she has suddenly started saying that she wants him and has been in floods of tears several times. Neither my husband nor myself believe in an afterlife of any kind, so I don't feel that I can say that he's gone to heaven or anything like that. I tell her how much he loved her and that she made him very happy but I don't know how else to help her with her grief. She knows that he's gone and not in pain any more but she just wants him back. Its awful seeing her so upset and not being able to ease her pain. Is there any way that I can help her with this, or do we just hope that the passage of time softens it for her? Is there any way that we can help her? Thank you.