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It has been 4 years and 5 months since my brother passed away. Yesterday I joined my parents for our Church's annual All Souls Day mass. Just when I think that I am out of tears...they begin to flow. There is nice part of the service, where they sing the names of the deceased for the year while symbolically lighting candels for them. For the first time in 4 years, I felt really alone. The reality that my brother is gone hit me hard for some reason.
This time of year always seems so hard...desolate!
I wish that the grief would lessen as time goes by, but it felt so acute yesterday.
This time of year always seems so hard...desolate!
I wish that the grief would lessen as time goes by, but it felt so acute yesterday.
For some reason this time of year does bring about more grief for me as well. The days are short and dark, it's getting cold and the holidays can highlight the loss of a loved one. I am feeling very sad, with the dam breaking several times a day.
You are not alone.
I also attended one of those masses. Unfortnately it made the reality of the loss of my dad in June and my mother at Thanksgiving time the year before even sadder.
My sisters and I all sat in different pews like strangers. I have no family now, except my son and aunt.
Sorry to vent. But just to know that the death of a loved one can change your life forever.