“I began to think of my own death constantly. I’d even envision my own funeral. I’d get upset that I wasn’t going to be there. I want to provide the cushion that my brother couldn’t give me when he died.”
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‘You are my strength,’ my mother told me. Every single morning for two years, she screamed and sobbed, and I calmed her down.’: Woman candidly shares her grief over sibling loss
“My mom was digging at his grave with her hands and yelling towards the ground and crying. Her nails began to tear back and nearly bleed. I didn’t know how to accept that the world wasn’t crying with me.”
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“After the funeral is over though, what’s next? Here are just a few ways I have found that helped ease the pain of my grief.”
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“He wasn’t supposed to die. He was so young. Smart. Full of life. He couldn’t leave us. I waited for his bike to come home, to hear its noise ringing in the street. But our home was silent. And inside me, it wasn’t.”
‘On my birthday, I drank whatever was in arm’s reach. The day after marked six months since we lost Adelaide.’: Mom shares grief journey through the pandemic
“I would have masked my grief with make-up and pretty clothes, attended all the events, and popped dangerous amounts of Xanax. But with Covid, there was nowhere to go, no mask to hide under, no excuse to avoid my grief.”
”我嘲笑,“你不爱你的孩子吗?“我的妈妈responded, ‘Desperately.’ She took a piece of me with her when she died.’: Motherless mom shares reality of life after loss
“How do you get over feeling like a pregnant 19-year old whose mom just died? Each pregnancy and postpartum period, I have lost myself.”
‘He was in tears. ‘Baby, it’s bad news.’ It was our last conversation. He was unable to talk the very next day.’: Widowed mother ‘piecing life back together’ after tragic loss of husband
“I watched my gorgeous husband’s body betray him. I held my breath, waiting for him to take another, but it didn’t happen. The woman I was died with him.”
‘Kelly, something happened to your mom. There’s nothing they can do.’ My world was rocked.’: Woman loses mom at 19, says ‘becoming a mom has been healing’
“My child will never experience the deep love and pride a maternal grandmother can give. They’ll never know the sound of her laugh, the warmth of her hugs.”
‘Something was terribly wrong. She wasn’t crying. ‘Your girl is very sick.’: Mom loses 19-day-old baby to Trisomy 13, ‘God will turn these ashes into beauty’
“I went for car drives and SCREAMED. I felt so much bitterness and anger. No one could tell us how long she’d live. Maybe just a few more hours, maybe months… we had no idea.”
‘Goodnight, Mom. I love you.’: Woman recounts heartbreaking loss of mother, ‘We celebrated her life’
“’Goodnight. LOVE YOU.’ A faint ‘love you’ left my mom’s lips back to me.”
