Breaking: I miss my mum.
She was too often paranoid and timid, but occasionally quite bad-tempered woman who thought way too much about what the neighbours thought. She could drive me mad without even trying.
She was wonderful. She was funny and we laughed together a lot. Even when she was old and losing her vitality, she was instinctively kind. I often thought she should have been a therapist because she could get anyone to talk to her, and she always made people feel better about their problems. She was the only person who I know was always on my side, no matter what. She would have done anything for me, and I would give almost anything to spend a night in her living room again, just chatting about nothing and enjoying her not-very-good, but comforting cooking.
I’m not sure why I’m posting this here. I guess I just want to acknowledge her. God, I really miss her. It’s my birthday tomorrow, and I’m going to find a charity to donate to in her name. I’m so lucky I had her in my life.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 24, 2024 4:08 PM
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SHe is happy to know that she was able to make you feel like that. She loves you and helps you from time to time. Just talk to her, she'll hear you. You can also watch for signs and she will let you know there she is there.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 23, 2024 11:10 PM
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Jesus, what a weepy bunch of mother missers.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 23, 2024 11:27 PM
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I miss my mom terribly, OP, and I feel so much like how you describe. It has been three years since she died. And although the acute grief has softened, I know that the empty feeling will always be there.
R1, please tell us more about watching for signs, the bit you say about a deceased loved one letting you know they are there.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 23, 2024 11:35 PM
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Maybe you miss her, but think about all of us who didn't have mothers who were like yours. At least you got to experience what it feels like to have a good mom. Many of us didn't. At all.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 23, 2024 11:45 PM
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But the sun will come out...tomorrow.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 24, 2024 12:28 AM
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r4 sometimes they like to leave small coins or feathers in your path. I had a friend that I told to watch for signs and she was dressing in her bedroom and the blinds started to open and close. She also opened a drawer that had an old wind up clock in it that hadn't been used in years and it was ticking. I have had others have their clocks stop at the time of the persons death. It could be anything connected to the person that had died. We tend to brush it off as just coincidence but it isn't.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 24, 2024 4:05 PM
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
💐
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 24, 2024 4:08 PM
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