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administrator - 11/06/2009 22:33:40
   
Losing both parents
My mum died last year after a sudden heart attack and three months later, my dad died. Previously he had been really strong and in really good health. There was no real reason for his death. I think he gave up living after she died. Even though they were not young, they were not old either and I am really struggling to come to terms with losing both my parents within such a short time of each other. I feel comforted because they are in Heaven together but I also feel the loss so much and now even though I have my own family, I feel so desperately alone. 

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jo - 11/06/2009 22:34:32
 
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RE:Losing both parents
I know some of what you’re going through as my parents also died within a very short time of each other. I also had my own family but for a long time I felt cheated. Not just for myself and me missing my mum and dad but also because I was so sad that my kids didn’t have time to get to know their grandparents. Grandparents have got so much to teach kids and that relationship is not the same as any other one. So my heart goes out to you because I know some of what you’re going through.
 
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