If you could bring back one family member,

My son.

Because life is really fricked up when you lose a son or daughter.

my dad

Grandmother. one of the best women that has ever existed and dealt with more than she ever should have. Held her hand as she died, and at 13, this crushed me.

I don't get close to many people now because of this, losing them will hurt too badly and I try to avoid feeling the way I felt when she was gone.

Edit : she died a couple of weeks before my 14th birthday, and mom gave me an envelope with a card in it that said " this would've been from MawMaw if she were still here " and it contained a folded $20, something she gave me every year. That $20 is still in my safe 14 years later

maternal grandfather

There is nothing wrong with honoring the memory of lost family members.

My grandfather (dad’s dad) died when he was 64 and I was five. The only one of my grandparents that has passed on, fortunately. He was a great man.

My aunt.

Her death caused a schism between me and my mother’s side of the family. I was a freshman in college and had seen her a week before school started. She had cancer but the prognosis was good. Then things took a turn for the worse and she died.

My parents told me not to come to the funeral because I had just seen her and that was a good enough goodbye. I think they just didn’t want to pay for the travel and also didn’t want me missing school my freshman year. So I didn’t go.

Haven’t seen or spoken to my extended family since. Been 16 years now.

My dad. Can only hope to live to be the man that he was.

Grandfather. Closest thing to a father that I ever had. He died of cancer in his mid-50's. I still think about him almost every day.

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Grandmother. one of the best women that has ever existed and dealt with more than she ever should have.

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Same here, mine was an amazing woman and was the glue that held our family together.

frick Alzheimer's.