Cambsnan
I read a piece in the Times today about someone finding this hard. I too felt this but have never heard it discussed. My sister who was 4 years older than me, passed away 6 years ago so I am now 2 years older than she was when she passed. For 65 years I had an older sister, she was part of my earliest memories, I knew her longer than anyone else in my life. I was not prepared for the new feeling of loss when I passed her in age. How do others feel.
My younger sister who ws 2 years younger than myself died when she was 47 years of age of Cancer.
We went to school together, played out together, went dancing and on holidays together, worked at the same company together, we were joined at the hip, we even went on double dates. Then one night in 1964 I met my husband to be and she met her husband to be. She was my bridesmaid but unfortunately I was not hers as I was giving birth on the day she married. My husband was giving my sister away as our dad had died and he washing dashing back and forth from the church and reception to the maternity hospital.
All the bridal group came to the maternity hospital in their wedding finery.
It will be 31 years since she died and I still miss her. My brother in law never married again or met anyone else and he died 9 years ago, the year after my husband.
I am now the only living person from my past family and at 82 years of age am not afraid of dying as I know I will see them all again some time in the future.
