Alone

[Gordon]

I lost my father when I was 17 and my mother 3 years ago it still hurts and I think about them every day

[Jo60plus]

Hi Gordon,
You must have loved your parents very much.
Do you have any siblings you can share your feelings and memories with?
From your profile I assume that you are an adult now, with your own family.
You may find it helpful to read posts started by someone earlier this year abour being an ‘adult orphan’. You can find it here:

Adult Orphan…

I feel very strange in a world where I don’t have parents any more - does anyones else get this? It’s like being adrift, without so many of the familiar signposts and landmarks that kind of defined my life for so long. Nothing seems the same, even though I am fortunate to have a husband and children. There is something very disorientating about not having the sense of my childhood memories any more, because I don’t have the people who knew me when I was a child and growing up. I’m not sure I’m m…

Jo