Sofia, 35, shared her story after the sudden death of her husband, Alex, five months ago.
“I was broken when this happened, and I’m still mourning my loss,” she wrote.

Alex, who was 45, had two sons from his previous marriage to his ex-wife, Natalie. Sofia explained that the boys “treated their dad like an ATM,” but she never interfered with Alex’s parenting. “He always said, ‘They’re still my kids, Sofia. I’ll always be there for them,’ and I respected that,” she added.

After Alex’s passing, everything changed. The boys barely called to ask how she was coping. Instead, their messages were about money, inheritance, and what they could take from their father’s things. “One of them even asked if he could have Alex’s watch the week after the funeral,” she said.

Sofia felt invisible in the home she had built with Alex. “I wasn’t just grieving my husband—I was grieving the family I thought I had,” she wrote. Despite the heartbreak, she decided not to fight over material things. “Let them have what they want,” she told herself. “The one thing they can never take from me is the love Alex and I shared.”

Now, months later, she still visits his grave every Sunday, bringing his favorite flowers. “People say time heals,” she said softly, “but grief doesn’t vanish—it just becomes part of who you are. And sometimes, loving someone means learning to live with the silence they leave behind.”