Goodbye, Mom
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wrote on 19 May 2021, 14:22 last edited by
I'm sorry to hear this Klaus.
May she rest in peace.
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wrote on 19 May 2021, 14:37 last edited by
I'm really sorry, Klaus.
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wrote on 19 May 2021, 14:55 last edited by
Iām sorry for your loss Klaus.
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wrote on 19 May 2021, 15:40 last edited by
@klaus said in Goodbye, Mom:
It's the death of a notion of "home", of a "safe place" full of memories. It is also a challenge for the future relation to siblings.
Very well said. Everything is different now. She left an amazing son which must have been of some comfort to her, to be proud of her legacy. My condolences to you and your family.
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wrote on 19 May 2021, 15:53 last edited by
Iām so sorry.
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wrote on 19 May 2021, 15:53 last edited by Renauda
My condolences, Klaus. Your heartfelt tribute to your mother's memory says it all.
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wrote on 19 May 2021, 20:26 last edited by
So sorry for your loss, Klaus.
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Yes it does. I lost my mother in 1984 after a horrible lingering illness. It was expected and should have happened before it did. My father was sudden and a shock, but his health was pretty bad too. I lost them both to smoking.
It's an odd feeling to be parentless, and it makes me worry about my daughter as an only child. There isn't anything I can do about it but it's still a painful thought. It feels like I will be letting her down.
wrote on 20 May 2021, 02:20 last edited by jon-nyc@mik said in Goodbye, Mom:
It's an odd feeling to be parentless, and it makes me worry about my daughter as an only child. There isn't anything I can do about it but it's still a painful thought. It feels like I will be letting her down.
I really thought about this when my father died.
In fact we briefly tried for a second kid, but as Rachel jokes, our son was her last egg. lol
There are really two aspects to it - one is just the fact of dealing with declining/dying parents. It's much easier to do that with multiple siblings.
But the second factor that hit me is after they die your siblings are the only other people that share those childhood memories.
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wrote on 20 May 2021, 05:12 last edited by
So sorry for you loss, Klaus.
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wrote on 20 May 2021, 08:38 last edited by
Condolences Klaus. I appreciate you sharing your mom with us. It must not have been an easy thing to write.
Your comment about wanting to be 12 again reminded me of what a friend said when her father died. Something along the lines of "wanting to be a kid again" because she "didn't want the responsibility of being the new head of the family."
Anyway....condolences again.
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wrote on 21 May 2021, 01:06 last edited by
Wow!! So sorry to hear that @Klaus
I think that the greatest legacy someone can leave is "how are the people closest to them turn out?"
If your three siblings are anything like yourself, your parents did a fine job and they will live on in you, your siblings, and future generations to come.