Lost my wife to Brest cancer 5 days ago age39

Never done anything like this  before but been told talking can help. I lost my wife 5 days ago  wife was only 39 she left behind two young boys ages 9 and 2  she had Brest cancer  and after a long battle she lost the fight. Now it's just   me I some how have to be a mum  and dad and keeping strong for the kids  with all the mummy in hevan  and will always be with us but all I want  to do is to kiss her lips and cuddle once more.     29/12/20 day 8  of this nightmare children seem to be dealing with all this ok ish! 2 year old asked for mummy ever time the phone rings had to bath him without mummy for the first time  that was very hard but I think harder for me than him 9 year old very quiet always playing mine craft  but does stop and talk  about mummy when feeling sad with is hard but lovely at the same time. Going forward I'm thinking of doing a memory jar  so we can Remember things  about  mummy not sure what else I can do? 9/2/21 sorted all the funeral stuff out music photos etc not a job anymore want to do  it's all just a daze! Sometimes at night I here her talking to me  so I sleep well and morning comes and I'm hit by that train again  just going round and round 

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  • Sorry for your loss

    I lost my fiancé 5 weeks after diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic cancer, he was 37. 
     

    Talking does help while it makes me upset initially I feel better for it. 
     

    it might be nice to get some memory bears made using your wife's clothing for the children? It's something I plan to do, I've ordered a key ring for me and his mum with his handwriting on from birthday cards he sent me. 
     

    memory jars sound lovely print off pictures of her favourite perfume would be nice. 

  • Hello thank you very much for having the time  to read my message and just send me a text I'm also sorry for your loss memory bears Sounds a good idea like the sound of that! It's so hard To grieve and look after the boys I just have to do my best and hope my wife is Proud of everything I'm doing  even if that all it seems to be is crying at the moment . I know it's a really stupid question but are you coping okay it's so hard to loose your lover best friend your everything so fast  that's what I'm struggling on with at The moment  x

  • Yes I understand the past 6 months have been all about Lewis taking him to appointments trying different medications, caring for him so now he's gone my life feels like it has no purpose. At least you have your children. Have you got a support bubble? 

    I know I will get there but it will take time and lockdown won't make it any easier but not a lot I can do about that. 

  • Your so right not 

    much we can do but  move forward one day at a time   Just don't want to move on without her 

  • I know it's hard to think of doing things without them.

     

    I spoke with a therapist from the hospice over the phone today she said it is to close that chapter while the person is not at rest. There is no funeral plans for Lewis yet, this is being sorted by his family as I don't have the finances for anything. So I feel in limbo not knowing what is going to happen to him. Also there is different opinions about burial or cremation. I said cremation and then you can have some of the ashes made into jewellery so I can always have him with me. 

  • How do you mean not at rest yet ? Can't you call his family and ask to be involved  Lewis would want you to be a part of  the plans I'm sure .we are going for cremation it's what  my wife wanted  then a stone in our local cemetery! All the way  I have wanted my my wife's mum  to be involved x

  • I mean he's still just in the funeral home waiting. I'm waiting for his mum to let me know when they were going there to make the plans she was going to call them Monday to arrange a time to go there but I've not heard anything. 

  • That makes sense  maybe that's why I can't see my wife in heaven I really do want  her to be up there.  I really hope  you can help with the funeral   My wife funeral is jan14   Just got pics to do music done  cindy layper true colours  going in to Rachel Platin better place with all the pics   Then her last song she always wanted bonjovi it's my life 

  • Yes I am helping picking his clothes and I know the music he wanted, wish you were here by pink floyd, I also think some Jimi Hendrix either little wing or purple haze maybe, and the bottom theme tune. 
     

    I've been downloading lots of pictures from his google drive and his phone in case they want pictures. Lewis would take their old baby pictures and scan them into his computer and fix them so they would look better so I've got lots of pictures of him and his family when they were young I thought it might be nice to make them photo albums at some point as well. 
     

    I'm hoping the funeral will be soon, I checked and you can still have 30 people at a funeral so that's good. 

  • I sure it will be  and it will be perfect for him I'm sure 

  •  Just done more pictures for the funeral it feels good now it's done but the pain  of which one do you pic  not good at all very hard   

  • I can imagine, we have so many pictures, Lewis loved photography so he has so many files of photos. 

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