Collected Dad’s Ashes

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Hi All,

I collected Dad’s Ashes on Thursday. Myself and my 2 sisters have our own little urn’s and my Mum has the main one. I thought I’d feel better when he came home but if anything I have been just as tearful. We lost him nearly 6 weeks ago. If someone asked how I was feeling, I wouldn’t have an answer but I feel angry, sad, I keep looking at photos of him everyday but all I feel from them at the moment is sadness. He should be here.

x

  • Hello Essex1

    I understand the sadness, the anger, and the tears, for me it has been almost a year since my Dad carried on his journey without me,  I didnt get to keep any of his ashes, and I had thought that I would have been involved in the scattering of his ashes, but sadly that did not happen either...   So I can understand some of what you are feeling. 

    My daughters had jewellery made from my brother in law's ashes, their way of keeping him with them. 

    Six weeks is not very long at all, you will have mood changes and feel overwhelming emotions, but I hope that you can hold on to all of your wonderful memories and call these to your mind at times when you are feeling so low and angry, because your Dad would want you to smile, 

    Thinking of you

    Lowe'

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  • Hi

    I’m also sorry for your loss and I’m also sorry you did not get to scatter his ashes, that must have hurt.

    Thank you for your advice, it really does highlight that 6 weeks is really not long but it also feels like 60 years. I also have this fear of “how long he has been gone” when people say “they’ve been gone 5 years now” the thought of time passing upsets me and I don’t understand why? I hate the thought of saying he has been gone 3/4/5/6 etc years, it saddens me. 

    I miss everything about him, it hurts everyday.

    Its nice your daughters had ashes into jewellery, very comforting. The Undertakers took my Dad’s fingerprint, which we have, so we are going to get some little tattoos done for him.

    Take Care x