Living after a death

'I'm told I'm the spitting image of him'.

I am now 16 old. I have had bad years and good years, but I just want to share my story with you guys.

Three years ago, I was just having a normal Wednesday night in when we got a call saying that my uncle has been rushed into hospital. I didn’t go, but my parents rushed off. I knew something was up though, so stayed on windows live messenger all night waiting for his daughter to log on. She never did, so I became very upset! The next day I went to school and couldn't stop thinking about him.

I wrote letters and I prayed a lot; I was crying too. That Thursday, my little brother and I were taken out of school early and bought into the life support unit in the hospital. This was it, I knew something was up. I left with my older brother and talked to him about it, he said that this might be it and that we were all there for the family and we had to be strong. But I wasn’t able to be strong.

To this day, my uncle inspires me. Yet there he was, so very ill. I couldn’t bring myself to see him because it was just too upsetting. Sadly, it happened, he died.

Afterwards, I took up fishing, one of his most favourite sports. So my brother and I have lived the memory of him. We even fish in a spot he fished in as a child.

Three years on, I am told I am the spitting image of him wherever I go. Don’t get me wrong, I love it, but it gets to me too, as I didn’t get to tell him I loved him or to say goodbye. I know that we will meet again someday and go fishing (I hope). However, my family have never gotten over it and it has led to rows and lies and fights! We do always make up in the end though.

I just want to get my story out there to show that there is happiness after you lose someone. I even took up a sport that I like. I go fishing at the lake and just sit and peacefully talk to him. And when I catch a fish, he's always there beside me.

So don’t be scared to express what you want or feel because it's always okay to. There is a way through this.

By: Anonymous