Kyra’s Reviews > SURVIVING THE DEATH OF A SIBLING: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother or Sister Dies > Status Update

“Their death shattered her long held belief that they would grow old together”
“In an uncertain world that is ever changing chances are that your brother or sister has been a constant in your life all your life. Losing a sibling destroys the illusion of permanence in a more profound way than most other deaths.”
“We live with the expectation that will somehow always be together as we journey through life”

“I can’t close my eyes because the images come then, blinking through my thoughts like a badly spliced film”

“How can life go on without you?”

“ I take a second look around and wonder whether there are others, standing in line or moving up and down the aisles, who are just like me: broken and grieving… I wonder how it is you can feel so terrible inside, yet up here normal on the outside.”

“The truth about sibling relationships is that no matter how old we become, how much we may change, how far away we may wander…we’re forever connected. This is an unspoken truth that lives in the heart of every sister and brother.”