No matter how old a person is, the trauma of losing a parent is always profound. While some manage to overcome the grief more easily, other struggle for years to accept the fact that their parent is no longer there.

One Reddit user shared the story of losing her mother and the events that followed the tragic event.

This happened three years ago, and their father remarried just six months after the OP’s mother passing.

Although she was happy about her dad being able to move on, both she and her younger sister, 16, found it hard to believe that he made the decision to welcome a new wife into his life at such a short time.

The new woman moved into their family home that used to belong to OP’s late mother and was now left to OP while her sister got the vacation home.

However, soon after their step-mom started living with them, she removed all of the photos of their mom and placed them all in OP’s sister’s room.

The 16-year-old had a hard time overcoming her mother’s loss, and the fact that her step-mom got pregnant with twins only made her more and more overwhelmed.

In the midst of the situation, the sister decided to throw a party for her 16th birthday and be able to forget about her mom even for a while. She had the party while her father and step-mom were on holiday.

The teen invited her friends and they had some fun time together, but a problem emerged when the father and his pregnant wife returned home the following morning, earlier than expected, and saw there were many teenagers there.