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I lost both my parents five years ago.

How do you forget the people you love when they leave you so you can go on with your life?

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errica201 offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
New Madrid, MO, US | 1 year, 10 months ago (2 minutes after post)

I know exactly what you mean I lost my mom a couple of years ago and i never had a dad and you are never going to get over it it is just always there if you need anything just ask and i can help

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1 year, 10 months ago (6 minutes after post)

You never forget them. After my Dad died, I told myself he just went on vacation to a place called Heaven ahead of me and I’ll catch up with him in a little while. This way of thinking brings me peace and I hope it will help you too.

Just like he prepared a home for me and my family here, I imagine he is doing the same in heaven.

He was limited in what he could do on earth do to illness, but as my young daughter reminded me, he now has wings and can go everywhere.

Hope this helps you.

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Cap¤Amic offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 14 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 10 months ago (7 minutes after post)

so sorry, my bro died in 2000 and till now i still cry, i think you cant never really forget them cause you still have a warm heart, still………..

MittensInSummertime offline Verified User (2 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 10 months ago (13 minutes after post)

You don’t forget them.
You remember the good memories, you talk about it, you deal with it, and then you go on with your life with them still in your heart. It’s okay to hurt sometimes, even after five years. Hell, my cousin died five years ago, and I still miss him. With your parents, it’s gotta be so much tougher. You have to accept that they’re gone, and cry over it, but know in the end that you’ve got to go on with your life. Don’t focus on the bad stuff. Focus on how much you loved them. Make their deaths a part of you, and keep going. Survive and live, for them. You have to find the strength within yourself. If you believe in this kind of stuff, know they’re always with you.

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~Shie~ offline Verified User (2 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 9 #
Gloversville, NY, US | 1 year, 10 months ago (57 minutes after post)

for one.. you never forget them… as for trying to move on with your life.. you hold all the memories of them close to your heart.. remembering the good times… and all the love that you guys shared together… by doing this.. you will see that not only will the love help you along in life.. but so will the energy that you feel.. and it will help you make good decisions in life…

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differnt89 offline Unverified User #
Sacramento, CA, US | 1 year, 10 months ago (3 hours, 15 minutes after post)

you can never forget them and why would you want to dont mourn you paretns death. celebrate their life.

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Sir Urgdu offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
Evanston, IL, US | 1 year, 10 months ago (3 hours, 57 minutes after post)

This is the story of a man named eddie, and it begins with eddie dying in the sun.

It may seem strange to start a story with an ending

But all endings are also beginnings, we just dont know it at the time.

- Mitch Albom

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 10 months ago (8 hours, 48 minutes after post)

dont 4get them. not completely but u can move on.im soooooo sorry. idk wat id do w/out my parents.

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Norfolk, VA, US | 1 year, 10 months ago (1 day, 12 hours after post)

Thier memory will help guide you in the future. Dont forget them, embrace thier memory, for it is whats left of them for you.

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nakia offline Unverified User #
Richmond, VA, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (3 weeks, 6 days after post)

I am going through the same thing. I lost my both my parents a year ago and it still is so hard. I always say it is a miracle how I have been able to get through the past year. I still get very sad and I cry…but it is not as often as it used to be. It does get better. Reading the all these posts really was really encouraging.

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skintech200 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (3 months after post)

I lost both my parents,and I have no other family members left alive. my parents had me late in life and my father was twenty years older then my mom. I grew up as an only child, and my parents were my world, i miss them so much words cannot express the pain it has left me with. ive learned to go on with life, and I try to be a happy person, but there is a part of me that is missing, I was so close to both my parents. I sometimes feel like a little girl, lost in a department store, thats the only feeling I can compare it to. time does help me to move on, but the loss never goes away. My mom has been gone for twelve years and my dad, for seventeen. It does help to know that there are others out there, and we are not the only ones who have lost both parents!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (5 months, 3 weeks after post)

hi i too m an unfortunate one to loose my parents in a car accident they both were in their 50’s…I just cant explain what situation i m in right now…emotionally..i m in total depair…

loosing mom dad is i mean i m totally broken

i dont know how i m just telling u this as we r talking after such a long long time…

i am very very upset and it is so helpless.especially for my brother i m so much worried for him yar…actually he was driving the car and he is totally numb..

this is the worst part of my life and the bad time which i had never ever imagined in my worst nightmare…

i dont know how will we live without mom dad …whom to talk to from whom to take advice whom to call whom to go to…

life has become so meaningless now i dont know what to do and how to live

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azza.tas offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (5 months, 3 weeks after post)

hi, i too know how it feels to loose both parents, my dad has been gone 8 years and mum has been gone for 5 years, i have also lost my older brother just last year. i tryed to be brave at first but only the last few days it has just sunk in that they are gone, I have other sisters and a litle brother but fine it hard to talk to them and others about it. I fine it hurts most when my children do something like a milestone and i cant show them. Everyone tells me that they can still see me and what my life is like but i cant picture that. I always have dreams about my mum coming back to us and life just picking back up and going on like she never died. I feel so mixed up and dont know what to do these days.

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kyleshak offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (7 months after post)

I lost my parents too, about 16 years ago, I was young, and all I got left with was a pain I couldn’t understand and loneliness, had no friends, had nothing to keep me busy with and would always get beat up, they made fun of me in the worst possible way, putting my parents down even knowing that there dead, we are very unfortunate individuals, most people don’t understand our pain so they look down on us, what I mean is, they don’t want to associate with us because were a bother to them, and there lovely happiness, I hate people like that, and all they do is complain how depressing everything is for them, and how much they detest living, girls and boys alike, its funny, because its not depression, its a little frustration, there stupid little minds cant even comprehend what the **** we’ve been going through, im 19 now, and I dont have any answers for you, my depression and hatred is all I have now, for people like me, who have no guidance and nothing to care for, even if I tell myself, the only way to live a happy life, is to have friends and to have as much fun as possible, I feel nothing, no matter how much I try, nothing entertains me, I don’t even have anymore interest in girls, you will live a sad and lonely life, always regretting what you never had, and how easily everyone has what you’ll never feel, don’t deny it either, this is our despair so we deal with it the best way we can, what gets burnt into your personality, will always be there, Im sorry that this is what has happened to us, I really am, from the deepest parts of my heart, I really feel for you, no one should ever experience what we have.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (7 months after post)

Both of parents are gone now……………………………………………. 5years later…. things still hurt a lot, there have been many adjustments I have had to make. I had top grades in school and ended up not using these at a place of higher education due to me wanting to stay close to my mom in her last months of life, then my dad was diagnosed with late staged stomach cancer and he died 4 months after my mother. My parents always had high hopes for me, they were wonderful, truly top grade people who overcame much adversity in their own lives. Currently I am breaking up with my girlfriend who I have been with for 5 years, and my only full blooded sibling leads an immoral life and resents me so my relationship with him is non existent. Yes things are tough.On top of this I had major facial reconstructive surgery to fix an injury which in my state of emotional hardship has been hell to endure. I would urge everyone never to give up… ever.. People dont understand if they havnt gone through it, that is just like I dont truly understand the starvation issue in Africa where literally millions die yearly , children born with disease , things like these. I suffer from depression and anxiety which IM sure alot of you do too.

I hope to have a family of my own one day… a beautiful wife and maybe even children… a home on a lake and blue skys is what I want….. Im crying right now…. I dont do that a lot… Im not sure why… Please keep your dreams alive and fight for your right to a measure of happiness and peace in this seemingly hopeless world.

Draw close to God, and he wil draw close to you, - Jas. 4:8.

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hoguekatherin offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (7 months, 3 weeks after post)

I am also grieving deeply. My mother died on 8/1/08 and my father 10/20/01. At this moment, I feel empty. I am moved to tears easily and I still have to stop and shake my head in disbelief, like how could this have happened? She can’t be dead! I no longer have an anchor. And I am so anxious. I feel so empty. I did not realize how much my mother was interwoven in my thoughts and actions. There is always something that reminds me of her and how much I miss her. Just sending in this reply hurts.

I have tried to talk with my sister and brother, but they avoid emotions. This has caused me even more anxiety and worry because I don’t know how to relate to my siblings, esp. my sister. I thought she and I would help each other through this, but she has let me know that she chooses to grieve alone. I feel totally alone. What does one do when they feel they cannot go to their siblings for support because we do what we always did act as though it did not happen. I realize that I not only lost my mother, but my sister and brother, too, a way of life, safeness, loss of traditions.

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ronald.vincell offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 1 week ago (11 months, 3 weeks after post)

I know it is sad but life is a roller coaster,it has its ups an downs but wild rides leads

to wild memories that never leave youre mind.

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cassidy.loo offline Verified User (10 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 3 weeks ago (1 year after post)

Hey guys. My name is Mandy and I’m new. I was wondering if anyone here has been put in a situation where they now have to raise their siblings, due to parental loss. Or even, raising younger nieces/nephews. Are there any sort of resources or support groups for people put in this situation? Thank you.

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laura.c.morga offline Verified User (5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 5 months ago (1 year, 5 months after post)

I’m so sorry. You don’t need to forget them; what you need to do is make space in your life to remember them, so that you don’t have to feel so awful the rest of the time.

Are there people besides yourself who loved them who you are in touch with? See them more often and make an effort to talk about your parents with those people. Arrange a time to commemorate their lives, where you do something specific as a memorial. Maybe do it once a year and make it a special time which is set aside for sharing memories of your parents.

Your parents will never stop being important. If you can find a way to honour that within the framework of your life, I am sure things will become easier.

When you need to cry, cry. The sadness will always be there, but the despair will pass.

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cfm892 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (1 year, 8 months after post)

We and our siblings are a part of our parents. No amount of time will ever erase them from our memory. My father, my mother and my only brother have all passed on and I miss them each and every day of my life. My life is all alone. No friend, no relative seems to understand (or care about) the loneliness when all our family have passed away.

I used to think that maybe I’ll catch up with them someday, but lately I’ve come to (pretty much) believe that there is no afterlife, and of course, no God. Yet, I still cry for my family, sometimes I even call out for them. But they never answer. Yet I long for them each and every day of my life.

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School_boy2000 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (1 year, 8 months after post)

Hello to everyOne..
am new from this site..I feel very Sorry to everyOne down there…I lost my parent trough accident when they was traveling to Accra the capital town of My country Ghana for a visit..had no family memembers left in this earth..I always keep praying for all Our late mothers and fathers who pass before us and I hope we will set Our eyes on them One day..

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