Losing a loved one, or two, is heartbreaking

Sorry for your loss.

As much as it hurts for a son to lose his father, you will find it makes you grow in another way/phase. You’ll hear his advice when situations arise and his influence will always be with you in a very real way- assuming it was a good father/son relationship.

Amazing how often one spouse follows shortly after the first. Must have been true love.

I know what you're going through. I lost my younger, 24 year old, sister to suicide in 2014. I kind of lost my parents then as well, they were never the same.

I "lost" my dad to alcoholism a few years later. He got sober, and was doing great. Then he got diagnosed with cancer. I went to visit him for Thanksgiving. He ended up in the hospital prior to my getting there due to ascites. Went and visited him there while the doctor did rounds. He said, its Thanksgiving, we don't have anyone to drain today but we will do it tomorrow and you can go home. Give this chemo a few more weeks and you'll feel like a brand new person. He died a that night.

Then I got a call in February that my mom was being placed on hospice care with two months to live. She had breast cancer, beat it, and then it came back everywhere. I went back and forth to spend time with her during her final months. The absolute worst experience of my life. I watched her actively die for 4 days before I said I'm done and left. She didn't want me there. She died the day I left.

I'm 33 and have no immediate family left. It's been really hard.

Good parents are the best

Don't waste your time on shite parents. They haven't earned your heart.

So lucky that I have/had two pretty damn good ones

Don’t focus on your loss; focus on what your parents gained by watching you grow and become a man. You gave them far more than you might realize.

Lost my dad 2 years ago. I talk to him daily still.

A good friend of mine lost his dad when he was 12 and his mom when he was 23. I don’t know how he and his siblings dealt with that.

Prayers to you.

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Wow. I'm not on here nearly as much as I used to be but I gathered that you were going through some difficult times. I had no idea it was that bad though. I'm sorry for your losses and I absolutely wish you strength as you move forward through all of the shite you've been dealt.

I saw when you reached out to Nurse a month or so back and thought that was real sweet of you, especially because of all the grief she gets on here.

Nurse and HC are both very outstanding women. We all frick around on this website, but the people here are generally very kind, loving people.

You better have good beer!