re: Does it get easier(losing a family member)?

Hang in there. That’s not something that ever goes away.
I’ve lost a lot of friends and loved ones. Hopefully you get to a place where that pain still there but it fades to the background and you can go about and not dwell on it actively all the time unless you want to. But at least for me, it never goes away.

Dwell on good times and what you gained from the relationship instead of the loss.