Fourth months since my Brother past

My Beautiful Big Brother passed away on the 5th May this year it has been really hard and confusing, highs are very blazzai and lows are to common. I have been blessed to recieve a promotion at work I am very happy but i just wish my Brother was here to smile at me cuddle me and say good job charlie brown I never doubted you and that smile from your big Brother, the confidence he gave me made everything seem right in the world, im really confused at work I have my good days then I have my fake days when i have to put that fake smile on to make sure I do my job properly then I come home to see a urn in my room and thats my Big Brother now, sometimes I accept it and know he is not in pain anymore and he is in heaven with all my beautiful family then other times I just think about me and my daughter and how much we need him. Today is one of those days I really miss him, I just want to hear his heart beat, I really want to cuddle him. My daughter started a new fantastic job today, the last thing she said to me today was I wish I could tell uncle Paul I know he would be proud of me.

Can anyone help me with a few tips on how to deal with the loss of my Brother/uncle, I am open to any advise from people who have lost family to cancer.

Thankyou

  • Hi there - it's terribly sad that you have lost your brother who clearly meant such a lot to you. Grief of this kind is never easy to bear & sometimes feels downright impossible I know. The fact is tho' sweetie that you are coping with it. Everything you've said about faking things at work, missing him terrible & that sometimes you accept it & other days you don't is normal. It's like walking up to your shoulders in wet sand & feeling you'll never get thro' it. Somehow tho' we human beings just keep struggling on hour by hour & day by day until one day we suddenly find we are walking on the sand & not thro' it. That's what will happen to you & you have your lovely daughter to go on for.

    There isn't any magic answer to grief - I just wish there was. Talking helps so post here when you are struggling & someone will come along to try to support you. Keep plodding thro' that sand sweetie as I think your lovely brother would want you to. Take care. x