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I just always thought that my sister and I would get old together.
Me, too. I just knew someday we would be widowed sisters traveling together and sharing a house. But she died at age 56 of sepsis while in the hospital with pneumonia. That was in 2004 and I miss her every day.
Me, too. I just knew someday we would be widowed sisters traveling together and sharing a house. But she died at age 56 of sepsis while in the hospital with pneumonia. That was in 2004 and I miss her every day.
I lost my sister in 2004 also, at age 58. Think of her every day.
I lost my sister at 17(my age ) she was murdered and her ex stabbed me and left me for dead , I remember my sister and her smile almost everday and seeing my scars leaves me with that memory of her everyday . I will have no closure because the ex killed himself while the police were outside his door . my faith is a great solace to me and I know that I will see her again in Heaven . I honestly did think we would grow old together as well , but that was not to be . I thank God everyday that I am alive and well .
I lost an older half-sister when I was a young kid. She was already on her own, married, with young children of her own. She died suddenly in a traffic accident.
She had been around a lot when we were young though, and she was very sweet, and close to my Dad especially. He took her death very hard.
In some ways she was kind of the family "glue" too, I think -- she kept in touch with the other half-siblings and kept in touch with Dad and the rest of us, but after she was gone, everything fragmented. Family members drifted off in their own directions. I often wonder how it would've all been had she lived, what her life would be like now, if we'd be close or not.
When a family loses a member, it creates a void that's permanent.
Ten years ago last week my brother died. He was four years older than I. Every so often another memory of childhood flits through my mind, something that only he and I could remember, but he is gone and so the memory is mine alone.
There is a special suckiness all its own in losing a sibling.
I have five other living siblings, and my relationship with each is different. I think I was closer to the one we lost than any of the others were. He could be obstinate and contrary.
what is it about obstinate and contrary that was sometimes so attractive to me? that's the brother i lost. he was the eldest and i was the baby of the family. he never had much use for the two in the middle, but lavished attention on me. when i was about three or four years old, i told him that i wanted to marry him when i grew up. he died in his early fifties.
Next month will mark ten years since my younger brother died of cancer.
We were only separated by two years, so we grew up together in the 50s and 60s. Then, in the early 80s, he found employment in the same town where I live in TX and we once again became close. We used to laugh at memories of all the times spent growing up in a working class neighborhood in a blue collar rust belt town in the midwest. Now I have no one to share those childhood memories with.
We developed the same circle of friends in adulthood. My kids always considered him their favorite uncle. His now fatherless son is like my own. Unfortunately, he never met his two beautiful grandkids.
A day doesn't pass without him crossing my mind in a sad, yet pleasant manner. Many nights he enters my dreams.
The pain dulls a little with each passing year, but never completely leaves. Yet the fond memories serve to balance the void to a large extent.
My condolences on your loss. Nothing anyone can say will do much to ease your heartache, but please know that time truly helps to transform grief into acceptance.
I lost my sister at 17(my age ) she was murdered and her ex stabbed me and left me for dead , I remember my sister and her smile almost everday and seeing my scars leaves me with that memory of her everyday . I will have no closure because the ex killed himself while the police were outside his door . my faith is a great solace to me and I know that I will see her again in Heaven . I honestly did think we would grow old together as well , but that was not to be . I thank God everyday that I am alive and well .
I can't even imaging coping with that. Yes, you will see your sister again and it will be a wonderful reunion. I lost my brother(1993, death undetermined), sister(2004 suicide), father 2 years ago, cancer. None of it seems to heal but time makes it somewhat better.
Next month will mark ten years since my younger brother died of cancer.
We were only separated by two years, so we grew up together in the 50s and 60s. Then, in the early 80s, he found employment in the same town where I live in TX and we once again became close. We used to laugh at memories of all the times spent growing up in a working class neighborhood in a blue collar rust belt town in the midwest. Now I have no one to share those childhood memories with.
We developed the same circle of friends in adulthood. My kids always considered him their favorite uncle. His now fatherless son is like my own. Unfortunately, he never met his two beautiful grandkids.
A day doesn't pass without him crossing my mind in a sad, yet pleasant manner. Many nights he enters my dreams.
The pain dulls a little with each passing year, but never completely leaves. Yet the fond memories serve to balance the void to a large extent.
My condolences on your loss. Nothing anyone can say will do much to ease your heartache, but please know that time truly helps to transform grief into acceptance.
Thank you. I can imagine what you've experienced and still contend with today. I can't imagine ever living another day when I don't think of him in some way, whether those feelings are shrouded in heartache or lightened by positive memories.
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