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Comment by Melisa C on May 15, 2013 at 4:31pm

Thanks Maddy, I just realized today is the 15th of May, that marks 4 months since Mom left. Maybe that's why I'm having such a hard time today. On the 20th she would have turned 71...

Comment by Maddy on May 15, 2013 at 3:39pm

Hi Melissa C,

I understand what you mean. I have a wonderfully supportive husband, father and brothers....but some days all I really want is my mom. She always had a way of understanding (almost better than I did) what I was feeling and putting it into perspective for me. I think that's what mom's are the best for right?

I am not saying anyone on here can ever replace your mom, but if you ever feel the need to vent about anything I think this is a good place to do so. Everyone on here understands what you are feeling and can at least attempt to help.

I hope you feel better soon.

Maddy

Comment by Melisa C on May 15, 2013 at 3:10pm

Today was an awful day. Even the smaller problems become huge when I can't share them with Mom, as I've always done.

Comment by Judy on May 15, 2013 at 2:10am

My apologies, Jeff. I must have mixed you up with another member who kept his mother's hair brush, as did I. I also have one of my mother's purses and some jewelry as well as a bottle of her cologne, which of course, is the most intimate of connections. You hang onto that handbag; it carries the memories you  made with her.

 

Michael: You've been a steadfast and gentle presence on this board. I don't always post, but I have been reading all along. The pictures you put up of your mother are so tender. I can feel how much you love her. There is something so vital about the hair brush; it still holds my mother's smell and an actual part of her. I remember the last time she brushed her hair with it in the hospital just before her surgery. Today at 11:05 will mark her final breath. I feel so badly that I wasn't there when she passed. My dad & I were getting ready to leave when the hospital called to tell us she had died. It's all still an open wound.

Comment by michael sandoval on May 14, 2013 at 11:41pm

I have my mom's hairbrush and purse.  Her kitchen is pretty much how it was when she passed.  her kitchen drawers are still filled with her knick knack stuff.  I can't go through it yet.

Comment by Jeff R on May 14, 2013 at 10:03pm

her hair brush?  no.  But, oddly, what I am hanging onto is her handbag.  Reminds me of all the trips we made, before and after her health worsened.  We had just gone to the dentist a few weeks before she passed.  Not sure why, but that handbag holds value to me.

Comment by Judy on May 14, 2013 at 4:36pm

I totally understand, Jeff. There's no pain even close to that of missing your mother. I find that I just want to be able to touch my mother's hand or face, or just to hear her laugh. It's brutal. Do you still have your mom's hair brush?

Comment by Jeff R on May 14, 2013 at 2:33pm

On Mothers' Day, I was invited to a BBQ...and coerced to go.  Figure it was better than sitting home being depressed.  Still, it was a tough day from start to finish.  My mind was on my Mom and how much I missed her presence.  Her birthday is up next at the end of the month.  It's just terribly depressing.

Comment by Judy on May 14, 2013 at 1:34am

On this day a year ago, we pulled my mother's life support. It's all too real for me still. I am trying to function, but I feel sick and cannot stop crying or seeing the images of that moment in my head.

Comment by Ann on May 12, 2013 at 7:00pm

When my mom was dying I tried to crawl into bed with her but she stopped me because she was hooked up to so many things.  I wanted to hole her in my arms and take away her pain and fear.  This is the third Mother's Day without her.  I have her ashes at home with me an I brought her flowers but that is so little compared to all she gave me.  I am nothing without her.

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