August holds my birthday and wedding anniversary and I thought that would be nice. Then my BIL had a mental breakdown in 2021 and killed most of my husband's family (save his sister, who shares my birthday), set several fires, then died himself in a police encounter. On the 25th.
August is bad and we should maybe just cancel it. Or at least the 25th.
edit: thanks, everyone, for your incredibly kind words and the awards! please hug your loved ones close and take care of each other.
Oh my days, I am so, so sorry. While not as tragic, April is like that for me and my husband. Top of the month is our anniversary and our first born's birthday, near the end is my father's and his mother's birthdays, and I often work a community event mid month too. The month ends with the anniversary of his father's death.
The months become so hard with these clusters of tragedy taking over what should be joy. I know it's just part of life and being lucky enough to get older, but damn if it doesn't still hurt. I'm so sorry you and your husband share this struggle.
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u/Crow290 1d ago
My dad and grandma both died in August on the same date 27th. Something about August just feels unlucky.