grief
Losing a family member is one of the most traumatic life events; Families must support one another to endure the five stages of grief and get through it together.
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When I was born, it was about ten years after my parents had been in a house fire that very nearly destroyed my entire family. My parents, who had both come from large families, had envisioned having five or six children themselves, but until this point, had the one-- my older brother. I can’t imagine it was easy for him, nearly 12 years old, to suddenly go from hitting all his developmental milestones as an only child, but, there you go, it was September, 1984, and I made my debut, into a weird little family that had been waiting for another baby for a long, long time.
By Rachel Collins3 years ago in Families
Could not forget that night
It was a terrifying night and a frightening week, when she was in the mouth of death and our little angel had already left this world forever, for which we had all waited for 9 months, but everything was going fine, according to plan, and our routine checkup was going well, she was taking a well-balanced diet and exercising daily, but at the moment she felt very much pain and we rushed to hospital, unfortunately, these were Covid19 days, and everything, especially the hospital, was jam-packed and Other than Corona patients, patients in public hospitals were rejected. So we proceeded to a public hospital, but they did the same thing and refused to admit our patient, even though we were in a hurry. So we moved to the next hospital, but on the way, I heard a yell from my mother, and she was weeping and requesting to be rushed, and I felt awful as the driver, so we sped up our car and attempted to arrive on time.
By Kamran Mehmood 4 years ago in Families
Me in the midst of domestic violence
I was a child growing up with domestic violence, and my family was stuck in a cycle. Drinking, cheating, fighting, domestic violence, forgiveness. Every time my mother will be very desperate, but I was still young at that time, do not know the meaning of divorce, only know that my mother is very painful, adults said that divorce can make my mother out of pain. But every time the mother will be self-righteous said: it is for you. I don't understand. Why me? Isn't it nice to have no dad in this family? Mom's divorced, so we don't have to live in fear!
By Na Dunshie4 years ago in Families
A Life for a Life
My son was 12 days away from his first birthday when my father in law died. In the house after everyone left the hospital, I was the only one still crying. Everyone had a hot dog, or a hamburger, or potato salad and a beer. I couldn't imagine eating so I went outside and my fiance followed me with our son. He let me cry about his dad until I was ready to eat something and our son was done playing on the tire swing. Everyone inside patted me on the back and smiled at me, one person asked if I was going to make it. This wasn't my dad, but I fed him like he was. He brought me flour and I gave him scones. I only knew him for 4 years before I could never know him any better, but I knew enough to know that I wish I knew more. No matter how long someone is in the hospital, the ease of their passing does not increase.
By Maia Inniss4 years ago in Families
Losing my father
hello, this past year has been one of the hardest things I’ve been through ever. On May 2 I lost my father, due to his excessive drinking. This started back in 2019 when he first started to get sick, he had no clue what was wrong, so we talked him into going to the hospital. He really did not like them or getting any kind of medical help at all. When we found out that he had some cirrhosis of the liver, and that if he stopped drinking, he would be fine we tried to talk dad into listening to the doctor, but he said, “I’ll just slow down and be fine.” My dad did really slow down in his mind deciding to cut out only beer, I would've rather him stop taking shots, but it was his decision I can't make it for him. When we went back to the doctors, they said his liver was looking much better, and that he would be much better. My dad was able to walk alt better and go father then when he was feeling sick. I thought everything was going to be good and I wouldn't have to worry anymore about him. I couldn't have been more wrong.
By Cassidy Hand4 years ago in Families
