Dealing With Lost

The following question keeps coming to my mind after I lost Pebble. Is dealing with death easier than dealing with a lost that has a possibility of being recovered? Pebble is my first lost in my life. It has not been easy dealing with this sudden lost. The first week was terrible. There were a lot of sadness, heartaches, pains and tears. I wanted her back so badly. Then it was the phase of coming to terms with the harsh reality that I might never find her back. Just when you thought you were in more control with your emotions, phone calls of Pebble sightings rekindled the hope. And since then, it was a period of trying to get your life back, managing disappointment and cautiously dealing with new leads. There are many emotional upheavals in this phase and you wonder when will everything be normal again? When to give up and should we ever give up? What else can we do if we don't? Maybe in this sense, dealing with death is easier? I don't know...really don't.