I recently lost a friend after knowing her a long time, and now it's such a great sense of loss that the first thing I did was talk to Mum and she said get occupied with reading and helping out in the house. Well, I do cook when it's my turn.
But yeah, loneliness has always been part of me so what I do is make the best of the day. Joining this forum I think is really going to help you as much as me, a total newbie. It's times like now that we reach out to make new friends. I realise that takes a lot of trust on our part, but my Mum says it's a start and we never know what good things will come out of it.
So I want you to promise yourself to stay strong. Just like me and last year I was a broken girl. We do get stronger and we do get to make friends. But let's take a day at a time.