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You are so right that death is harsh on those left behind. My mom unlike yours lived a long life and died relatively peacefully. I was 65 and still felt like an orphan. That was 3 years ago and I still often think of calling her to give her news or ask a question about a recipe or a family member. Hope you find some peace this Mother's Day.
Trish
Sorry you have a complicated relationship with your mother but so glad that you recognized the negative tendencies in yourself and made the changes that allow you to have a good relationship with your children. Hope you enjoyed your day
Kathy
You are brave to want to puppy train. If I were to ever have a dog I would want it to come pre trained. Lazy me.
Hope your May Day fest was a lot of fun.
Seems like everyone had a busy weekend planned. Hope everyone had a great mother's day. Julia hope your daughter is feeling better. Jeannie I know you had a great time with your grands. Nancy you sound so busy. I love the description of your "homestead" I too want to get to the country. Oh darn. I knew everyone who posted a minute ago. Guess I have to go back and refresh my memory. So be it.
Guess this is part one
I am doing pretty well today. I have memories of my mother that are almost totally good. I am sad that she is gone but she lived a good life and her death was peaceful. We never doubted her love for us.
I am having a quiet day until later. My husband is gone on a trip and I'm holding down the fort. I have my tutoring later and after that my daughter and her roommate are coming for dinner. They are painting some bedrooms today so I bought a rotisserie chicken and I'm making veggie packets and salad. I am setting a pretty table too. It will be fun.
Time to get my bath and do the next thing on my list.
I know this isn't a happy day for many...treat yourself with kindness.
Julia
Enjoy your day Trish. I'm glad you were able to turn your life around so that your children won't have the difficult relationship as their only memories of you.
You are so kind to take food to your daughter. Her family will be so grateful. I'm sorry this is such a hard day for you...You were dealt a difficult hand when your mom was diagnosed with cancer at such a young age. I just can't imagine it.
I'm so sorry about your connection to the holiday...It must make it difficult.
Happy mother's day !!!
35 years ago on mother's day I received the message that my mother passed away. She was a wonderful woman, very proud, hard working, smart and very loving. She sacrificed her life to raise me and my sister.
I have furbabies.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Trish,
I have such a awful time during Mothers Day and during Christmas. But, this will pass and I can go back to mourning quietly without the reminder of mom...it's a price all of us have to face either with our moms or dads or siblings or someone we have lost. Death is harsh but it's harsh for those of us left...you know.
I'm glad you found the perfect card...that is so important.
Well, today, I am making some potato soup to take to my daughter. She texted me that she is sick, so when I take the kids home, I'll take her some soup and food to feed her and her husband and the kids for a few days while she recovers.
Well, I need to go cook....I've got more meat in my house than I ever thought I'd have so I need to get it cooked and packed away in the freezer to take to her this evening.
Talk to you all later....Happy Mother's Day to you all...
