“THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS WHO DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER” — MOTHER MOURNS HER TWO CHILDREN

NEW JERSEY — For a mother who lost both of her children in the same devastating tragedy, there are no words large enough to describe the emptiness left behind.

Mya, 9, and her younger brother, Sigmund, 7, were remembered by their family as inseparable siblings whose bond went far beyond being brother and sister.

They played together.

They laughed together.

They shared the everyday moments that make childhood unforgettable.

And now, their family is being forced to remember them together in a very different way.

“THEY CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY TOGETHER”

In a joint obituary, the family honored the extraordinary connection between the two children.

Mya and Sigmund were described as best friends who shared a love of life and brought happiness to the people around them.

Their family wrote that the siblings would “continue their journey together, hand in hand.”

Those words capture the bond that their loved ones say defined them.

Even in grief, the family chose to remember Mya and Sigmund not only for how their lives ended, but for the joy they brought while they were here.

A MOTHER’S UNIMAGINABLE LOSS

Losing a child is a pain no parent expects to experience.

Losing two children at once is almost impossible to comprehend.

For their mother, Mya and Sigmund were not simply siblings.

They were her entire world.

Every birthday.

Every school day.

Every family gathering.

Every ordinary moment that once seemed routine has now become a memory.

Their absence will be felt in all of those places.

TWO CHILDREN WHO WERE ALWAYS TOGETHER

Those who knew Mya and Sigmund remembered the happiness they shared.

Their relationship was built around the simple things children do together — playing, laughing, competing and making memories.

They were growing up side by side, with years of experiences still ahead of them.

Their family now faces the painful reality that those years will never come.

Instead, the people who loved them are left holding onto photographs, memories and stories about the children they were.

THEIR NAMES WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN

The tragedy that took Mya and Sigmund has changed their family forever.

But their loved ones want their lives to be remembered for more than the circumstances surrounding their deaths.

They want people to remember two children who loved each other deeply.

Two siblings who were best friends.

Two young lives that brought light into their family.

And two children whose mother will carry their memory for the rest of her life.

Mya was 9. Sigmund was 7. They entered this world together as siblings — and their family now remembers them together, hand in hand.