Disclaimer: I am not a professional! Just a girl who misses her big brother and struggling to accept it 🙁
About me!
Hi! My name is Lia and I lost my big brother early 2026. I have since then struggled to move on and accept it. I was “lucky” enough to have never experienced a pain so intense until this year. I decided to create this website as a way to track my journey and hopefully help some with such a heartbreaking experience.
That Day
I was at school and my class had just ended so I went to grab some food and walked to my car. As I was walking I was thinking about texting my brother if he wanted some but I thought, “When doesn’t he want food? I’ll just surprise him with a bowl!”, so I bought two. I had about 1.5 hours in-between class and I thought about skipping my class and just go straight home. That was my biggest regret ever. I stayed in my car until my next class because I didn’t want to have the habit of skipping class. During class I kept having the urge to text my brother because I had a couple of questions for him, but I ignored it and went on. I started driving home and as I was approaching my house I saw three police cars outside. At first, I thought it was for a different house because it looked like they were parked slightly further away from my house. I walk towards my door and I immediately see the door wide open and my heart dropped. My dad has had severe health issues for 10+ years so I thought they were here for him. The first thing I see when I walk in was my parents, my sisters, and an officer – I thought my brother was in the other room so I was so confused. My mom walks up to me and I see she’s crying so I ask, “what happened?”, and I immediately begin to cry because that’s impossible! It was a long couple of hours after that and I remember our family from out of states came that day to be there for us. I remember leaving his bowl at the door.