SANDRA Picking Up The Pieces

Still grieving her partner's death, Sandra Bullock is staying strong for her kids

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For the first time in the two months since she lost the man she called “the love of her life,” Sandra Bullock decided to brave the public eye. She stepped out with daughter Laila and a bodyguard in LA on Oct. 26, “looking somber but surprisingly good and put-together,” says a witness. “She was doting on Laila the whole time.”

Her priority has always been her family. “She’s struggling to stay strong, and picking up the pieces for her children,” a source says of the actress, whose partner, Bryan Randall, died of ALS at 57 in August, after a private three-year battle during which Sandra served as his primary caretaker. “The last few years have been incredibly stressful and heartbreaking for her — and Sandra hasn’t yet fully processed everything — but she’s slowly learning to manage her grief.”

MOURNING PERIOD