So I just got word that one of my mother’s sisters passed away today. And I’m honestly In so much shock. The last 13 months have been so trying and losing another aunt it’s just... it’s hard to wrap my head around. I’m scared for my mom. I’m scared that this grief is too much for her. She already has so many health conditions and she is still working through the grief from the loss of her other sister in 2017 and then her sister’s son took his life in 2018. My family is still working through that pain. My mother is 1 of 12 siblings. 7 sisters and 4 brothers. She was just on the phone with this aunt last night and now she is gone. And I can’t believe she is gone. Suddenly this wedding feels so minuscule and silly to be planning and the guilt of planning a wedding while my family grieves is hitting me. Alterations were this Saturday with my mom and I feel like it is too soon to bother her about wedding stuff. I want to tell her she doesn’t have to worry about accompanying me. The last thing I want is to bombard her with wedding stuff when she is trying to come to terms with the loss of another sister. I just don’t know how to navigate this. I am sad for my family for our loss and terrified for the grief my mother feels. She didn’t need another heartbreak yet here we are in isolation and grieving.
Has any other couple had a loss in the family so close to the wedding? How did you cope and navigate your way through? How did you deal with the guilt. It feels like I shouldn’t be happy right now not when my family is in mourning.
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