Hi, my gorgeous 35yr old daughter passed in August this year & 10 days later my husband passed. My daughter had been suffering from cervical cancer & secondary bowel cancer for a few years but my husband was sudden (although he had from bladder cancer) he had just been told he had bone Mets but no one said he was going to die! It seems my son-in-law has already moved on but told my 3 young grandchildren "they're just friends".
I just don't know how to deal with the passing of my 2 most loved people then him to move on so quickly!
I just keep crying all the time! I'm dreading Christmas but got to be OK for the kids!
I’m so so sorry for these awful losses. Please allow yourself space and time to grieve. You don’t have to be ok. Everyone understands. Xxxxx
Dear Sas69, how awful that you lost two people that meant so much to you in such a short space of time. My daughter also died in August, at the age of 23.
I hope you have other family members or friends who are supporting you, I really don't know what I would have done without the support of the people around me.
Please be kind to yourself, this is a particularly difficult time of year. I keep seeing things in the shops that my daughter would like & then realising that this Christmas is going to have a big empty space in it.
We will get through it. There is still a part of your daughter living in her children, you will be OK for them.
All the best
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