So the heading is largely the story of my life- grief immense grief. My mother suffered a stroke in 2018 which left her left side paralyzed. But she was truly a fighter. She fought hard with physiotherapy she got a lot better but then she had serious medical issues and was mainly surviving on medicines. We lost her in 2021 - the year that I graduated and got my first ever real job. Post that, cut to 2026 I lost my father to a hernia surgery gone completely wrong. I saw him in his last moments in the hospital for those 4-5 days just breathing with the help of tubes, his eyes covered with cotton and taped shut.
My childhood self could not ever think life would be so so unfair to me leaving me to deal with the death of my parents whom I loved so very very much. It hurts like crazy when I see other families with their kids.
The craziest part is I don't know how grief has hit me because after that one week of grieving, I act normally going about my day. I can't fathom it.