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Ten years ago today, I buried my mother... | |
weegie
 User ID: 3846170  United Kingdom11/01/2011 06:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lost my husband of 16yrs earlier this year. Quoting: DoodleBug At 38 yrs old I feel like I'm stuck in time. Really, really dreading the holidays this year but I know there's gotta be a first. My sympathies....it probably will be rough. Try to remember the good times. Let yourself cry if you need to.  Remember, your GLP family is here if you need us...MOST of us really do care, just ignore the shitheads. |
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| Swan Song
User ID: 1520692  Australia11/01/2011 07:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP it is great you can follow on with family traditions, I think it is a great way to keep the memory alive in a meaningfull way. I lost my mother in my teens and father in my 20's. It is too painful for me to think about all the things that they went through before they died, and all the important things they have missed. Sometimes I look at my face in the mirror and see my dad and my mothers face and I realise that they will always be with me because I am their creation and they will live on in me. From time to time I dream about them, and talk about them, but it is still really difficult for me even after 10+ years. To the world I am just a number, but the Lamb of God He knows me by my name. |
| United We Stand
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| LaniJane
User ID: 4450582 United States11/01/2011 07:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lost my husband of 16yrs earlier this year. Quoting: DoodleBug At 38 yrs old I feel like I'm stuck in time. Really, really dreading the holidays this year but I know there's gotta be a first.  I'm so sorry for your loss, Doodlebug.Last Edited by LaniJane on 11/01/2011 07:54 PM "There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls." ~ George Carlin |
| LaniJane
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1511787 United States11/01/2011 08:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I can't believe that it has been ten years. She was only 46. I won't go into details about the nature of her death, because I don't want this to be a depressing post. The reason for this post, is that I want to see how you of GLP, who have lost someone dear to you, remember them. Quoting: 5moreminutesmom I have a couple of things that I do, but I'll share this one, since we are in November now: My mother made Christmas magical! She made awesome candies and cookies, she decorated the house, from rooftop to foundation (not in a tacky way!). I have been handed the Christmas cookie torch, by my maternal grandmother. They were a "sacred" part of the festivities and I think it makes her happy to see her daughter's tradition live on. The beautiful part of this is, my mom used to make them in honor of her maternal grandmother. My mom didn't even start baking them until Granny Rose passed away. She used her grandmother's recipe, and now, I do. I still miss her immensely, but keeping this history and tradition alive really makes me happy. I realize how blessed I am, to have had a woman like her, as an influence. What are some of the ways you remember your loved ones? Hey friend, my mom also passed just over 10 years ago but in March... She was in her early 50's... Similar memories about her and also the acknowledgement of the impact that her positive qualities/traits had on her children's lives.... Spiritually I am in a very good place 10 years later.... Our loved ones aren't gone, they're simply waiting for us at the finish line.... |
| 5moreminutesmom
(OP) User ID: 1873482 United States11/01/2011 09:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thank you all, so much for the beautiful replies. It is good to see that I'm not alone in honoring the departed. Some of the stories here, such anguish! I cannot imagine the grief some of you must feel... Again, I say, it was not my intention to open wounds, or to cause any pain...there is too much of that in the world already; my intention was to see how we kept alive the solemn memory of our loved ones. I am glad that we are not alone in our "practice." I'm off to bed, my friends. I sincerely love all of you! "It is required, you do awake your faith.." William Shakespere |
