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Death Of Sibling
Lost Brother/Sister Page

 


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Death of sibling...

Welcome to our "Lost Siblings" page. Losing your brother or sister to death can be a very painful kind of grief. A special family bond is broken, and leaves a void in your heart.  You are sure to miss the closeness, the shared secrets, the fun (and fights) you both endured together.  Losing your sibling may also force you to confront your own mortality (this could happen to me!)

May you begin to heal by telling others about the loss of your special brother or sister, and also find some comfort in similar stories posted by other bereaved siblings.

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Sharon  My brother died approximately January 10th, 2012 at age 49. He had been dead for approximately 3-4 days when they found him. He lived alone (divorced ...

Lost my sister - January 26, 2012  Today I lost my sister. She was three years older. What makes it so sad is that I come from a family of eleven and I have already lost three brothers and ...

Missing My Brother/ December 25, 2011  I lost my brother on December 25, 2011. I haven’t lived around him in years but we were more than just brother and sister, we were more like twins. Our ...

My brother is dead. Dec 29th 2011  Alex was my younger brother by 12 years. It feels more like he was my son at times. I did a lot of "raising" of him for those first 5 years. Then I went ...

Lost my sister, December 23, 2011, suddenly 
I still can't believe this happened. She texted me twenty times a day, and called at least once a day.
We were more than sisters, we were best friends....

My Friend, My Sister and My life saving Angel  My sister died 6 days ago of ovarian cancer that spread to her brain. She was first diagnosed in 2007, had surgery and was cancer free for 3 years. She ...

So sudden  First, let me tell you that on the December 4th, 2011 I lost my Grandfather, and then on December the 19th, just two short weeks after my Grandfather died,...

A Kind and Gentle Soul 
My brother passed away suddenly on 12/7/2011. He was 52-my baby brother. We spoke every day either by text or on the phone. He was all I had left of ...

My sister 
I lost my little sister to cancer 3 weeks ago, she was only 14.

I miss her so much, and I can't deal with life without her, it's do much harder than ...

My twin sister. <3 09.05.1988 - 01.02.2010 <3  I don’t know if this is going to help or hurt me but currently I need to tell somebody. So, thanks in advance for reading our story.
Today is January ...

My little brother Hayden Caleb St. John  Life was just perfect. My family was a healthy happy group of people. Living the American dream. I have the most wonderful parents so full of life and ...

loss and empty  July 31 i remeber sitting on the couch and saying im sick wish i could find a way not to go to work. Ten minutes lter i got a text from my cousin telling ...

The fog is gone  The moat that protected myself from the reality of the situation has dried up. I lost my brother in April to leukemia and it is finally starting to feel ...

Brother lost and never forgotten   It's been over a yr since I lost my brother. This is the first site I came across so I will give it a try.
My brother and I growing up were closer than ...

She was a fighter from day 1  My beautiful baby sister. She came into this world June 15th 1969. She was 3 months premature and only 2 pounds. She overcame all that was associated ...

The loss of my twin sister at the age of 47  I was born a twin, my sister Deborah (Debbie) was born 3 minutes before me. My mother said she cried when the doctor said give me another band there is ...

One Last Gift From Him  One day I was having a terrible day, to make things worse my mom came to my school and they called me to the office. At first I thought I was in a lot ...

He was younger than me!  My brother died on the 13th of October 2011. He was younger than me by 16 months. He was 48 years old. He left behind a wife and an 11 year old daughter....

dealing with the lost of my grandson.  i lost my 18 month old grandson in feb,25 2010. he died in his crib, i also heve a 7yrs old grandson who is really taking it hard. he is very mean now,...

Seatbelts and Speeding  He was special, ya know? In our small town, everybody knew him and having him as the "popular" brother was tiring. I and my siblings lived in his shadow ...

Lost my Brother  7 days ago, I lost my brother, he was shot and worst of all we don't know why and who...This is really so painful for me and our entire family...I am in ...

LIL Sis  I lost my brother/Friend over three yrs. ago. He shot himself twice in the head. When I got to him he was still alive but died in my arms. My mother ...

Dreams.  Last night, I had my first dream about my family that did not include Shawn. It's only been six months- I can't believe my brain forgot him that quickly....

It's cruely ironic  Tomorrow, my family and friends will gather to walk in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Light the Night walk. Something big will be missing from last ...

My twin brother John  Click on each photo to enlarge.

On January 5, 2011 I found my twin brother on the couch passed away. I actually thought he was sleeping, I tried to ...

I lost my sister, my best friend  I lost my sister 17 days ago, the pain of her loss is almost more than I can handle right now, I miss her so much, think of her constantly, I know she ...

Things I can't explain.  I refuse to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings- it's the last place we went to eat before you (my brother, Shawn) went into the hospital and never came out. I ...

I'm Still Mad at Her  I'm still mad at my sister-in-law.

What a loss. She was beautiful, smart, funny, loving, could make a home look like it was ready for a magazine shoot ...

He died Aug 19, 2011   My brother WilliM Wright died I month ago today . He went into the hospital and for 1 week things started breaking down and On that Friday I was on my ...

I don't know why my brother died, but I miss him terribly  My brother died on 19th June 2011. I still don't know why he died. There has been an autopsy, but the coroners report is not finished yet. The police said ...

I am entitled to my grief.  (this was written 2 months after my younger brother's passing. Shawn was 24 years old and battled Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and T-cell type Lymphoma ...

"Thank you"  The night before Shawn's passing, he had told my Dad, in between gasps, "today is my last day". He said the same thing to my mom in the morning. He ...

Until reality sinks in  Do you know what my favorite time of day is? It's when I'm sleeping. I remember my dreams every night- it's the gift and the curse of having narcolepsy....

My heart is broken  I lost my only sister February 2, 2008, she was 42 years old. She was killed in a car accident by an irresponsible other dirver who plowed into her car ...

Loss of my brother my only sibling  I lost my brother April 27th, he was my anchor of life. I lost my parents young and he was everything to me. I am very sad and dealing with this basically ...

Lost Ashley<3  On April 20th, 2008 my oldest sister and best friend Ashley died from her injuries from a car accident prior 3 days. She was 20 years old and was so amazing....

The "rocker:"  I am 38, I lost my twin brother in a motorcycle accident a couple of weeks ago. He lost control of his bike trying to avoid another accident. It has been ...

Lost Sister  I lost my little sister in April 2010. She suffered from the torment of anorexia for years. It went on so long it almost became "normal" and I feel like ...

What is going on?  Where do I begin? I'm writing this in some kind of attempt to figure out a way forward, to figure out what is going on with me.I feel lost, frightened,...

I remember, the day Michael went home to God...   They said they could hear my screaming from the street… “Oh my God NO!! Please, God, NO!!” I screamed… It was August 21st, 1994, the first day of school ...

Sister  My brother died April 3,2011 recently and I can't seem to get it together. i feel like my world is empty. It's unknown how he died , he was bypolar and ...

He is GONE  My Brother Killed himself April 2nd 2010..Over a year and it is still raw and ugly. He was so sick and yet I didn't see it, my family didn't see it and ...

Cant believe my lil sister is gone !   Click on each photo to enlarge

My lil sister was diagnosed with stomach cancer and in four months she was gone , i had to watch it from the sideline ...

I MISS MY BROTHER....  My brother committed suicide just 3 and a half weeks ago. I miss him so much it hurts. He had been going through a tough time he had lost his girlfriend ...

I don't have a title  I lost my brother to suicide on Sept 20 2010 and it almost seven months since he left us. To be honest I can't let it be real. I have to believe he working ...

I feel guilty  My brother John had advanced cancer and we knew that the outcome was not good. I have lived outside the US for 30 years
and he lived in the US. We only ...

Just few sympathy cards in loss of brother  Am so hurt as to not receiving sympathy cards from friends in loss of brother. I just feel they just didn't think he was important enough. I know my ...

good-bye big sister, Elaine  for 2 1/2 years my sister had battled ovarian cancer. I would fly from Baltimore to boston to be with her for her treatments. she really relied on me as ...

My Nephew Orlando  My name is Ronald Singer, Fire Captain with a fire department. It's hard to go over what had happened over and over. But I miss my nephew so much it ...

Why Him?  Click on each photo to enlarge

I'd been going out with my boyfriend for 17 months at the time and his younger brother and i got on quite well (he ...

My Brother, My Friend, My Strength supposedly committed Suicide Jan 31, 2011  My brother committed suicide is what I've been told, but I'll never really know what happened. He lived in Texas and I in California and the rest of my ...

My Youngest Brother Committed Suicide on Jan 2, 2011  I went over to Ben's apartment that morning with my dog; he was going to watch her for me while I went away for a few days. He had taken an overdose of ...

My sister chose her path to end her life  I lost my sister a month ago, she's only 35. I witnessed her death right in front of my eyes, where she climbed over the balcony and hanging on the rail,...

I wish there was a God  I woke up to my cousin walking in to my room fighting to mumble something and everyone around me started crying, and I feared for what might be the reason....

cindy  My name is Bev and I am full of sadness. My twin sister of 54 years took her own life this month.We were inseparable. She took the easy way out and left ...

My sister died at 50  My Beloved sister, Cathi died at the age of 50. She was healthy as a horse until July 4, 2010 when she suffered a mild heart attack. Her only symptom was ...

My brother who I lost on 09/20/2010  I MISS MY BROTHER AND I FEEL SO GUILTY EVERY DAY SINCE HE HAS PASS. IT LIKE MY MIND IS NOT LETTING ME LET GO OF HOW I FEEL. I WISH I HAD MORE TIME WITH ...

Lost my brother on 09/20/2010  I am feel like a rollar coaster ever since my brother had died. I feel I can't cry, or don't know how to let it happen. I feel angry at the world but don'...

I Miss You Frank  My brother Frank had been having a few headaches and some slight memory issues so he went to the doctor and had a MRI. They discovered a mass the size ...

I lost my brother to Suicide 09/20/2010  This is my first time doing this and I really don't know if it would help me or not to say how I really feel. I lost my only brother even though I do have ...

Just lost my brother  My brother was 53 years old. He passed away December 29th shortly after midnight. He had a massive heart attack that was totally unexpected.

I ...

My loving adorable Aspasia - Flower Of Love  My sister Aspasia died of liver complications which led to multiple organ failure 24/11/2010. I thank God that she wasn't alone, she chose to hold on til ...

Brother Gone, Sister soon...  My older brother Dave committed suicide almost 2 years ago. He would be 40 this year. My older sister Jeanette is on her last days...she has been battling ...

I miss my big brother  Hi. My name is Megan. I just turned 27 years old and feel my life is in upheaval. My big brother died 1 year and 2 months ago. I feel like I should have ...

Sister and Brother gone too quickly  Click on each picture to enlarge

I lost my brother Chris July 13th,2009 in a car accident. I lost my sister Febuary 9th, 2010 in her sleep. I miss ...

My beloved Johnny  My brother, whom just turned 30 and called me two days before to tell me I was going to be an Uncle died in a hiking accident on September 26th, 2010. He ...

Beloved Brother  i lost my brother June 08, 2010. He died in a car accident. He wasn't even on the road. he was merging onto the hwy and a semi lost control and landed ...

Almost my Brother  My sister's boyfriend passed away unexpectedly just 5 days ago. Even though they weren't married, they had been together for 7 years, each stood up in ...

Lost sissy  Leanna was an amazing sister, friend and person. She had everything going for her in life. She was a established member of our community. Graduate of college ...

Sweet Baby Sister...Jillian......RIP  July 15, 2010 @9:35 PM We lost our baby sister, Jillian in a head-on tragic car accident, three days before her 27th birthday. The events of the night ...

For My Brother ..... Steve Lipford  I laid you to rest on July 24, 2010. I know you are not hurting anymore and I know you are in Heaven with mom, Daddy, and Johnny. I will always love ...

June 18, 2010 I lost my dear sister, Lisa to suicide.  Early in the evening:

Sal:(Frantic) Lisa is overdue from the store. Kelli, mom is too much for her. She is so depressed. She does nothing all day. I'...

My Loving Big Brother Richard June 12, 1946 - May 28, 2010  Hey Chard.

I miss you something awful. The pain of losing you hurts so, so much. Sometimes, I'm ok, and then the grief just overtakes me. Even though ...

The Loss of My Sister, My Best Friend  I am writing about the loss of my Sister Nan who died on Jan. 12, 2010. She was the bravest and strongest person I have ever met..
Nan had diabetes ...

My Best Friend Murdered!  My sister was murdered. Stabbed to death 45 times by a so called friend of hers on February 27, 2010; she was only 33 years old.

Everyone called my ...

Lost of a twin brother   Well I lost my twin brother in the year of "1999". He was my best friend. He was always there for me no matter what. He died of a brainstem stroke secondary ...

My Brother Rob & Dealing with Complicated Grief  (First, I'm glad to find this website and be able to tell this story). My older brother Rob died from side effects of a psychotropic medication on 10/5/...

My Brother Paul Anthony - Gone too Soon...........  On Friday, March 12, 2010, the family decided to take my brother off life support and we let him go home to heaven.

Two days before is when I received ...

My brother, my role model, my hero - always!  My brother committed suicide almost a month ago and I still feel numb from the unforgetable call. I was on my 2nd day of vacation in another state when ...

When they made you brother, they broke the mold  My brother, Paul, died in December of 2009 after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 44, and died on his daughter's 6th birthday. Only now am I in ...

It has been 17 years  It has been 17 years since I lost my sister. I still have not gone through the grief process and don't really know if I ever will. My sister was a diabetic ...

Always my Sister - Forever my Friend  On October 5, 2008, I lost my only sister. She fought a hard and painful battle with Breast Cancer. In the beginning of her battle she fought so hard ...

Losing the battle   My sister Lacey and I never seemed to get along. We were so diiferent it never mattered. In December of 2008, she was diagnosed with an extremely rare ...

Life, Grief and the Process  I hope this writing does not come across as being self-centered, but eulogies are for expressing the thoughts about the deceased, especially if the deceased ...

Mary  My sister Laura was 45 years old; her birthday is May 17th. On December 11th this year, just 2 weeks ago, she had a massive heart attack that killed her ...

How can I help my Mother-in-law cope with her daughters death?  It was nine years ago when my Mother-in-law lost her daughter. She was killed in a car accident and died right away. The daughter wanted to be cremated ...

Joshua Coleman Waddle, 1990-2009  On Thursday, October 29th, 2009 my brother died. You, see. I'm the girl with the perfect fairytale family, two older brothers. Great mom & dad. And even ...

The Snake Bite  This bereaved day is like a snake bite. You are just going about your business, living life as it should be lived, and then it hits you. I am suffering ...

My sister, my best friend, my rock  My sister Connie was in a motorcycle accident on July 4...suffered severe brain trauma, she had part of her brain removed to accomodate swelling, but her ...

John 1986-2009 How?  It's the morning after, but it feels like it's been days. He was too young, only 23. He was my big brother. I can't grip it. Today my sister was supposed ...

My Bro  If anyone were to ask me to describe my brother Jim
Well, He was
Handsome
funny
loving
smart
talented
but most of all complicated.
He was my ...

My Unaccknowledged Hero  Ryan has only been gone not 3 weeks and he has left a big whole in my heart. He was a veteran who suffered from Post Traumamatic Stress Disorder. I thought ...

My Brother, My Friend  I just lost my brother to cancer. He was sick for less than a year. I took care of him when he got sick. We have always been close and spent time together,...

My beloved friend and sister - Christine Folsom  I am struck with hurt, pain, sadness, and emptiness where she used to be. Christine passed on two nights ago, and I had just moved out of town, so I got ...

Not yet real  On March 11, 2007 I lost my big brother to a drug overdose. He had been battling this disease his whole life and depended on it to cover up his depression ...

I keep thinking he’s going to call me any day now……  My little brother passed away from a brain hemorrhage 6 months ago now, I was 32 weeks pregnant and never imagined anything so shocking could happen to ...

Missing My Brother Gary 
It has been over 7 years since the passing of my brother, Gary Brown. There is not a day goes by that I do not think about him. I miss picking up the ...

My lovely sister Joy 29/08/1960 - 04/11/2011  My sister Joy suffered from ms for 21 years that we know of. She died choking and vomiting because the nerves around her lungs were unable to cope, and ...

why wasnt it me  Well there were born before I was I guess my mom was in a abusive marriage. So she was pregnant. He would beat her up and that is how my brother and sister ...

my brother greg  My brother greg just turned 44 in october of this year,three weeks ago he experienced pain in his stomach and was rushed to the emergency room where he ...

Recently lost my brother  A week ago I lost my only brother and sibling to a sudden heart attack. He was such a friendly guy with a wonderful wife who cared for him deeply. My ...

not sure who to be mad at!  My brother was stabbed to death by a family friend .... the events leading up to this were chaotic ! His life with his fiance and children were in turmoil ...

I lost my brother to a rare and agressive unknown type of sarcoma  What started out as an emergency surgery turned into the beginning of a slow motion hell on earth for my family. My 33 year old baby brother had cancer....

David my big brother   My brother David commited suicide . The pain & guilt i feel will not leave . It may sound silly but i asked my sisters to spare me the details , is that ...

I lost my Brother on December 19,2010  He is 7 years older than me ...What a great brother he was .He had cancer for 9 months and lost his battle 4 days after his birthday ...He taught me the ...

Saying Goodbye  My name is Sara i'm 15 years of age and i wanted to share my story with you.

My sister Jamila who was born 17th October 2003 was born with Cerebral ...

Lost both my brothers to cancer.  My first brother died in June of 2008 - the second in August of 2011.
It's hard to express the feelings I have. I try to take care of myself - and do ...

My brother was murdered  He was from Illinois but he moved to Colorado with his wife and two sons. He was 34 years old when someone hit him with a blunt object and put him in ...

For healing and believing that I can get through this grieving process  My sister Coleen died on March 7, 2011 of cancer. Her cancer started on her heal of the foot as melanoma, and metastasized to her lymph nodes, and finally ...

A sister and now a brother  Click on each photo to enlarge.

My sister Elaine died in March of Ovarian Cancer. Two months later I got a phone call that my brother died of a massive ...

my baby brother  My brother was deal a wrong hand by the system twice after he had done ten years from the twenty the woman confess to her sister that she had lie but would ...

he was only 5  he was only 5 happy playing out and one day he got sick and six weeks later he was dead y he did no wrong cancer in his brain its so not right he was so ...

Happy Birthday (Pete) July 23,1955 -March 7,1973  I wanted to tell you Happy Birthday you have been gone since March 7,1973 but you are still in are heart and miss you wonder what you would be like and ...

Pete  1973 my brother died he was 17yrs,my mother tryed to kell herself 7times I was only 16.But you wonder what he would be like now.But the pain for my mom ...

Robin, my special and loving sister- it is so hard to say goodbye.  My sweet sister, Robin, died on May 22, 2011 in the burn unit in North Carolina. After falling asleep with a cigarette, her body caught on fire. Neighbors ...

Margaret had a smile that lights up my heart!  It has been a minute (as the young people say), since I have posted new information on my journey to health blog. Much has happened.

I recently had ...

Sister, My Sister  Sister, I miss you so very much - everyday I think of you. Sister, I thought we'd be together forever - I miss you. I thought you would always be by my ...

5 years  My brother was never there for me when he became a teenager. He had a drug problem and my family tried to help him out but he never listened. He was also ...

Why does it have to be the one that hurts the most?  It's been a month since my brother, Alfred, passed away. I'm not doing so well. I think about him constantly. I stay on the verge of crying. I can see ...

my dear Beth  Dear Beth

my younger sister died four days ago. It was a debilitating death she died of cancer. Painful and slow the last week she lived in a ...

MERRY CHRISTMAS JOHNNY  My brother, Johnny, loved the holidays. He would start getting ready around Thanksgiving. His life was like brightly colored balloons. He drove a ...

I Am Changed Forever  My brother and I had just talked on the phone on the day of his passing - August 17, 2004. It was around 7:15 a.m. that I had spoken to him. It seems like ...

My brother is lost;  I had or have a brother; that was put in my aunts
care; 1st mistake; I was thrown off of the property, where he lived. I got wind that he was in a nursing ...

Rick Johnson (1950-2009  My younger brother died 3 months ago of a massive stroke. No history of any medical problems and his death caught us all off guard.

Rick and I were ...

My brother  My brother died at age 18, of Hodgkin's disease after four years of illness. It was 1957 and I was 8 years old. I miss him to this day and have only ...

My Brother Grant, my rock, my friend, my father and my brother...  My brother Grant was a drug interdiction Police Officer in St. Charles City, Missouri. He had a partner named Czar (his dog). My brother loved what he ...

Daniel  On August 23 this past summer, 2008, I received a phone call that changed my life. It was my father, asking me if I was sitting down. "Why? Did you win ...

What's the Point?  The only person close to me who has ever passed away, my youngest brother died at the age of 24 on 3/12/2009. Alan and I loved each other, but for the ...

My Little Brother  On December 3, 2008, my little brother was killed by a drunk driver. He left behind a wife and two children, mom and dad, three brothers and two sisters ...

My favorite Uncle Terry that past away.  My uncle and I did a lot together, we went camping during the summer, we sang karaoke together, and we had the same things in common.

Last year ...



 



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