Goodbye, Mom
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@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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I’m so sorry.
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@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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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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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.
