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Comment by Erin on April 24, 2023 at 6:59pm

I lost my only brother, my only sibling,4/14/23. I am the sole survivor of my family of origin. Our father passed away in 2010 and our mother passed away in 2020 (non-covid related), I am grateful that my brother was able to help me grieve those losses, I am really struggling as to how I grieve his loss without him. I am “only” 52 and to think of the rest of my life without anyone left who remembers me as a baby, or the stories we shared with and without our parents, to not have one of the 3 left if I need to talk, need help, or guidance or just to share joy with anymore. Not many people truly understand where I am coming from, because most people my age still may have both parents, or 1 parent, all of their siblings or some of their siblings. There’s just some solace even as a 52 year old woman to know there was one person on the planet that knew my back-story and would always have my back no matter what, in a way only a parent or sibling can. Sometimes when I think about the gravity of this loss, the pain and loneliness take my breath away. Most of the information I can find on-line is geared to elderly people who have lost their last sibling. I haven’t been able to find much coping info on mid-lifers or younger who find themselves as the “last ‘man’ standing” of their family of origin, so to speak. I hope more people will join that I can connect with, no one really understands what this is like.
Thank you,

Erin

Comment by Lori Lovelace Jones on June 30, 2022 at 7:52am

Lost my mom in 2013, the day before Mother's Day. Lost my dad March 3rd, 2022. I am lost.

Comment by dream moon JO B on October 29, 2021 at 1:03pm

so sorry diane loss mom in aprl 2021 now my uncl 3 wks go juts feal lk iv no 1

i worry if i cry ill nt stopp

Comment by Diane Lambrou on October 29, 2021 at 11:58am

Recently lost my dad unexpectedly July 4th  then watched my mom take her last breath July 7th....I think I'm lost....or numb....or just sobbing as I feel a pain I've never experienced before. 

Comment by dream moon JO B on September 30, 2016 at 5:16pm

loss my dad in 2012 my moms lozin her slf 2 alzmers u cud say juts wish i udbelif i ha din 2011 wen my  lif wz ok u cud sat