No contact from nephews widow

Our nephew died suddenly aged 36 two years ago , leaving behind a wife and 2 young children. It’s been a difficult 2 years as his widow has completely cut us out of her life, including our niece (her husband’s only sibling). We send gifts on special occasions without any response and any messages we send are ignored. The only way we can find out what her and the children are up to is via social media, which she uses a lot.

We understand grief hits everyone differently and we’ve always wanted to support her, but feel that since our nephew died she doesn’t want anything to do with us. Prior to our nephew’s death we were an extremely close family and now feel completely isolated.

Any advice would be so helpful. Thank you.

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Hello @ASHANTY,

Thank you for sharing this with us. I’m so sorry for the loss of your nephew, and that it’s been such a difficult two years for you. It sounds really tough going from being a close family to feeling isolated and cut off after your nephew died.

I’m sure people on the community will be able to relate to what you’re going through with your family and will have thoughts to share, but I just wanted to let you know that you have been heard and you are not alone.

Take good care,

Harriet