My dad and sister died 19 days apart. My other siblings helped me with my grief.

"Within 19 days, I experienced both the sudden death of my baby sister and my father. Even though my five siblings and I had different mothers, we all shared the same father, who fostered close connections with us from a young age. Although we grew up apart, we spent holidays, birthdays, and summers together throughout our lives and have come to love each other deeply."

"When my parents divorced, I was 7, my middle sister was 5, and my baby sister was only 2. Shortly after they were separated, my dad left New York to move to Mexico for a job. He ensured that his contract required the company to cover the plane fare for us three to fly several times a year for visits. That's why when he remarried and had children with my stepmom, we became close with our new brothers and sister."

One person lost both a baby sister and their father within nineteen days. Six siblings shared the same father but had different mothers; the father arranged frequent travel and gatherings so the children formed close relationships. Childhood visits, holiday rentals, and multi-generational reunions created strong bonds; the siblings cooked, danced, walked, and practiced yoga together. As adults they lived on opposite coasts but maintained regular contact and traveled to support one another through marriages, divorces, and parenting challenges. When the baby sister Jenny was hospitalized, the siblings immediately gathered to support each other and face the grief of losing two family members.

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