I'm sorry for your loss, I lost my dad in02 mom in 2003, and am 1 of five with a terminally sick oldest sibling. And i work at a cemetery.
adult orphans/ trish13 2008-10-09 00:19:05
Today i buried my mother who was terminally ill. I lost my father 13 years ago. I know I have this dreadful aloneness. I have 2 sibs, 1 children and a lot of other family. But--There is something so gut wrenching when you lose those 2 people who loved you from the moment they saw you. I'm glad to have a term for it "adult orphan." I think this will help in my healing process. thanks for sharing your story.
Family death/ AllAlone 2008-05-02 14:44:48
I can totallyconnect with the author of his personal experience. I have lost both of my parents and both of my siblings, leaving me an adult orphan. I have no one to share memories with, no one to share my christmas or thanksgiving table with, no birthdays to celebrate. How does one cope without anyone at all?
/ Panda 2008-03-01 15:05:59
I just finished reading this article and it pleases me to see someone so honest about the death of their parent. So many people try to cover it up and lessen the struggle, I feel that doing so sometimes makes the bereaved feel ashamed of their feelings. I lost my father in September of this year. Like Michelle's mother, my father was much too young to have passed. I am grateful for her honesty and courage. My father's deceased body was the most horrific thing I had ever seen and too few people seem to grasp the situation because they try to sugar coat it with cliches.
/ Panda 2008-03-01 15:05:52
I just finished reading this article and it pleases me to see someone so honest about the death of their parent. So many people try to cover it up and lessen the struggle, I feel that doing so sometimes makes the bereaved feel ashamed of their feelings. I lost my father in September of this year. Like Michelle's mother, my father was much too young to have passed. I am grateful for her honesty and courage. My father's deceased body was the most horrific thing I had ever seen and too few people seem to grasp the situation because they try to sugar coat it with cliches.
/ Panda 2008-03-01 15:05:06
I just finished reading this article and it pleases me to see someone so honest about the death of their parent. So many people try to cover it up and lessen the struggle, I feel that doing so sometimes makes the bereaved feel ashamed of their feelings. I lost my father in September of this year. Like Michelle's mother, my father was much too young to have passed. I am grateful for her honesty and courage. My father's deceased body was the most horrific thing I had ever seen and too few people seem to grasp the situation because they try to sugar coat it with cliches.
adult orphans/ kbear 2008-01-25 05:43:38
I just read michelles touching tribute to her mum, i was looking up Adult Orphans, as a friend who has just lost both her parents had recommended I do so. She is the first in our 'set' of friends to have lost her parents and i think she feels very lost and misunderstood, she is a vibrant, outspoken and strong person and yet it took her legs from under her when they died - I think i have gained a greater understanding of just how lost she feels at time from reading these articles and I am very glad that they are of such comfort to people like her who can't always open up about how they feel but are never the less in torment many months or years after their parents death.
adult orphans/ kbear 2008-01-25 05:42:21
I just read micheles touching tribute to her mum, i was looking up Adult Orphans, as a friend who has just lost both her parents had recommended I do so. She is the first in our 'set' of friends to have lost her parents and i think she feels very lost and misunderstood, she is a vibrant, outspoken and strong person and yet it took her legs from under her when they died - I think i have gained a greater understanding of just how lost she feels at time from reading these articles and I am very glad that they are of such comfort to people like her who can't always open up about how they feel but are never the less in torment many months or years after their parents death.
