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Old 05/12/13, 10:12 AM
 
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For All Whose Mom's Have Passed,and Mom's Whose Babies Have Gone
I just wanted to give a cyber hug to all who have lost their Mom's, but particularly hugs to all of the Mom's who have lost children.

Prayers and kind thoughts to all of you.

My Mom left in 2007. Love you Mom...wish we could go buy you a potted plant!
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Old 05/12/13, 06:54 PM
 
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Thank you. Lost mine in 2011 and still feel lost without her.
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Old 05/12/13, 07:07 PM
 
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Even though mine has not passed on, she chose to leave me behind. And I have accepted that and have come to terms. But it's harder knowing I have 5 little ones I do not get the pleasure to raise. For all who have held love so deeply as from a mother or child I'm sorry you don't get to hold the love from them today. It is truly better to know love and to lose it then to never know love at all.
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Old 05/12/13, 09:17 PM
 
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Lost my mom in 1990 when I was just 30 years old. Many of my classmates are just now experiencing what I've already gone through. I always tell them "you were so lucky to get to spend so many years with them".
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Old 05/12/13, 11:13 PM
 
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I'm similar to Oldcountryboy, lost my Mom in 1989 - when I was 22 years old - a year BEFORE I got married. She was 47.
Due to lung cancer - yes, she was a smoker - a heavy smoker. She started when she was 13. I HATE cigarettes.
I miss her. She missed my wedding. She missed sister's weddings. She missed my son being born. She missed my sister's two daughters being born.

If your Mom or Dad is alive, tell them you love them. Anything you want to tell them - how you appreciate them, what they have done for you, etc - tell them the next time you talk to them!


Now with that being said, I've also been on the other side of the spectrum. Watched my wife's older Dad decline in health, get frail, end up in a nursing home, and die. Currently we are taking care of her aging Mother who has dementia.

My Mother was taken away within 6 months of diagnosis in her prime. My wife's parents have aged in front of our eyes, and we've seen the ravaging of old age - the slow decline of abilities, the decline of physical and mental status.

I get to remember my Mother when she died in middle age.
My wife gets to remember her Dad and Mom, when both were full of life and also watched as they aged and the problems of old age.

I'm not sure which is worse - losing a parent suddenly, when they are still young, OR watching as old age takes over and finally kills your parent.
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This was my first without my Mom . We buried Her two weeks ago . Even with the funeral and burial it did not really sink in until yesterday that my Mom is really gone. We always called Her on Sundays,I must have thought of that at least 100 times .
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Sweet of you to start this thread...
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This was my first without my Mom . We buried Her two weeks ago . Even with the funeral and burial it did not really sink in until yesterday that my Mom is really gone. We always called Her on Sundays,I must have thought of that at least 100 times .
Even after 6 years there are still times that I'll be thinking about something and I feel like I should call her.

May you be consoled.
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Old 05/13/13, 07:58 PM
 
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Sweet of you to start this thread...
For about 6 weeks I have been hearing ads about what "THEY" think I should get my Mom for Mothers Day. I just thought I'd start a thread where those in these shoes could share their thoughts

Michael - my Mom started smoking at 14 in 1948, 7 years before I was born.
At age 57 she quit, blaming her torture on me of course.

She swore if she ever got cancer, she would start up again.

In Autumn of 2007 the Doctor gave her 4 or 5 anti-biotics for 11 weeks before he sent her to a lung specialist.

6 weeks later the Angels sang.
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Mom and me, about 1958. We lost her to a brain tumor in 2001, 6 months to the day after she was diagnosed. This Thursday would have been her 87th birthday....she was loved, and is missed, by so many!
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Old 05/14/13, 03:45 PM
 
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Love the picture Jokarva! Your Mom was beautiful!
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Old 05/14/13, 07:03 PM
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I lost my mom in '03. She was 70 and died too young due to 50 years of smoking. Hard to believe she's been gone 10 years....except she isn't really gone. She lives on in us, and in our memory.

Dad is now going on 87 and is failing. He hopes when his time comes it will come quickly. I am not ready to say good-bye to him....

I am very blessed to be the son of these two good souls. Thank you Lord.


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