How can i get through this harrowing grief of losing a much loved family member?
My sister died very suddenly of a rare form of leukemia in 1988. She was healthy on Friday, May 13 and gone on Thursday, May 19. The shock of her death was so massive to me that I was a basketcase for nearly three and a half years. We were very close from our earliest days. She would rock my cradle and give me my bottle when I was just an infant. We were the best of friends. I survived her death in the only way I knew how. I visited her grave three or four times a week, prayed to God at her graveside for her eternal salvation in Heaven and kept her memory alive in my heart until one day, I didn’t feel the pain so much anymore. I knew she had made a transition. I knew I had made one myself. It’s been almost 20 years now since she died. I have not “gotten over” her death, but I have learned to live with it. I still miss her very dearly. I think about her every day. I wish her all the happiness she could have, wherever she is. I know I will see her again someday. The key is to come to gri
