There are no words- I’ve lost my Mum

After 2 years of battling Ovarian cancer my Mum passed a few days before Christmas. She fought so bloody hard to have more time with us but within 2 days she went from appearing fine to passing. She was admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties after starting a new round of chemo. That night she arrested and we were told to go and say our goodbyes. That call from my dad is haunting me as it was so unexpected. All she could keep saying to me was how sorry she was. She knew what was coming and she said that she wasn't ready to say goodbye or give up. The next day she passed with me and my dad in the room. I can't stop thinking about those final moments- they are taking over my life and all I want to do it forget them. 
In addition to this I have a 2 year old and a 3 month old. I'm trying to cope for them but failing miserably. I just can't stop thinking how badly she wanted to be a granny and that this was cruelly taken away from her. 
We have had her funeral and with COVID lockdown I'm unable to get the support I need from friends and family. They have been great from a distance but I just need 'normal' things to do and I can't. I'm also trying to support my dad who is lost after 48 years of marriage. He's needing to learn to cook and manage life without her. My mum was supporting me right up until her hospital admission with childcare and emotionally and now I have nothing. My dad finds seeing my kids too difficult and too much of a high risk due to COVID. 
I can't stop thinking of everything my mum wanted to do and wasn't able to do and how much she loved us and her grandkids. She is going to miss out on so so much and I can't see how I will get through any occasions. I was hoping to get married last year and this was delayed due to Covid, now I know I'm going to have to have it without her. 

I'm just lost and numb. Every time something happens or I have a question about my newborn I go to text her knowing that I will never get a reply. 

  •  Hi  I've just read your post and I'm so sorry for your loss  especially with a newborn baby as well and a two-year-old I feel your pain my wife died just before Christmas breast cancer she left behind a two-year-old and a nine-year-old and we are somehow getting through the days i'm here for you if you want to talk 

  • Hi, I wanted to say how sorry I am for your loss. I too lost my mum just over 2 weeks ago now. We had no idea she had pancreatic cancer until 6 weeks before she passed. I came straight home to care for her with my 86 year old stepdad and it was the most intense & traumatic 6 weeks of my life, coupled with Covid & heavy snow,  which I will never forget & which nothing can prepare you for, but must try. Words can't describe how much I will miss her, but I know she will always be in my heart & memories, and so in some ways will never die. She also went downhill very quickly. It's awful isn't it. I knew how much she would have loved to have been a grandma to my children, if I do meet someone one day, and it kills me that she won't be there if I ever get married. She was taken far too soon & it was horrible to see her in pain. I share your pain re not being able to see friends & family. I hear the police have been fining people if they 'drive to go and exercise' but it's all very unclear. Like you no doubt, I just want a hug & a shoulder to cry on or at least the option to chat with a friend on a walk. We were in shock & have been feeling numb ever since. I threw myself into the funeral arrangements (this Thursday) and when that calmed down it started to sink in more. I'm also having to support my stepdad with many of the things that my mum used to do, as you can imagine with his generation he's not the most IT literate, but I'm trying my best to teach him. I guess we just have to take one day at a time & it's ok to not be ok. I've signed up to a fundraiser which has helped give me something to focus on - run 28 miles in 28 days. Sending lots of love in these difficult times.