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Esme21

Member since
July 2021

6 posts

Hi, kind of struggling today.. it's been about 4 years since my brother was convicted and I havent had any contact with him since. It's been a full-on rollercoaster of emotions but have learned to live day to day without thinking too much about it. But today is his 40th birthday and I don't really know how to feel. I think I'm just mostly sad. It feels weird as I never thought that I wouldn't be celebrating big birthdays together but here we are. I don't want to speak to him after everything that happened, but it almost feels like grief? Wish I could just move on but it's hard to let go of a lifetime of memories of the person he used to be

Posted Tue December 16, 2025 12:34pmReport post

ST

Member since
August 2025

4 posts

Sweety it is grief, for the relationship you had and the brother you thought he was. It's okay to feel like that.

It's going to hit you on important days just as it would if he had passed.

Sending you hugs x

Posted Tue December 16, 2025 9:38pmReport post

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