Your story sounds a lot like mine.
My husband died from lung cancer leaving me with five children from 9-19.
The next year his mother died.
The following year I had to go identify my father in law in a neighboring town with the country sheriff....not a pleasant experience at all.
Two years later, my brother who was a priest died from AIDS so I had to deal not only with his death but the way he chose to die.
And the two years later my mom died while she was just sitting watching her favorite soap opera.
It is such a difficult time in one’s life, but I haven’t had a child die. I think that would be the most difficult of all.
I recommend a grief recovery weekend — there is probably one in your area. The link is on my FR homepage. Just click on my name.
God bless you as you work through these deaths.
It’s GOOD that GOD is with us through all of our trials: whether Catholic or Protestant.
It's GOOD that GOD is with us through all of our trials: whether Catholic or Protestant.