Being a man of faith I have heard for years how people will pray for someone who has lost a loved one that God would give them comfort. I've come to understand that that comfort comes in the form of those around you; their good words, being close when you need it, even though most people understand that there is no replacing the one you have lost.
We have all lost someone and this forums' response is just what the Lord ordered. You will never forget, nor will the pain ever go away. But there are people around you that truly empathize, even if it's because they remember their own pain. Or their own mortality. Stay strong sir, cry when you need to. Pray because you need to.