Loss of my beautiful Mum Sandra

I lost my Mum Sandra in October 2024. She passed 8 weeks after being diagnosed with metastatic oesophageal cancer. She was 58 at the time she passed and I was 26. She spent her last few weeks at home where I took care of her every hour of the day. She was then admitted into hospital and passed 5 days later. My mum was the most selfless, caring and amazing woman I have ever known and I was so blessed to call her Mum. I miss her so much, I miss her laugh, her voice, her smell and just having her there to talk to. When she passed I took some time off work and then returned but recently I’ve been signed back off of work due to my mental health and really struggling with my grief. I know I have accepted that she’s gone but I really struggle to accept that I will never see her again in this lifetime. She won’t be there when I get married, she won’t be able to be my birthing partner when I have my first child. I just want her back and there is no words to describe the constant heartache that I have. I’m homesick for a person. Sending love to anyone else who is also going through this awful feeling

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  • Hi Kat, im so sorry for your loss, you sound like a wonderful and dedicated daughter. I just lost my mum two weeks ago and I am also in my early twenties so I really understand where you are coming from. I really struggle with the idea of being without her on those big milestones. your mum sounds like a truly beautiful person, and I love the name Sandra. what is comforting me is the idea that she will always be with me, in the traditions I pass on and the faces my babies have. I am also still talking to her, in my head, or with a cup of tea when im alone. not to sound nuts but it is really helping me. im sending you so much love and healing. 

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  • Hi Kat, im so sorry for your loss, you sound like a wonderful and dedicated daughter. I just lost my mum two weeks ago and I am also in my early twenties so I really understand where you are coming from. I really struggle with the idea of being without her on those big milestones. your mum sounds like a truly beautiful person, and I love the name Sandra. what is comforting me is the idea that she will always be with me, in the traditions I pass on and the faces my babies have. I am also still talking to her, in my head, or with a cup of tea when im alone. not to sound nuts but it is really helping me. im sending you so much love and healing. 

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