Comments on: Comfort During Fearful Times: My Mom

By: Chanel

Chanel — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:02:42 +0000

Beautiful thoughts about your mom, Jen – thanks! WOW…how courageous & full of strength she is. I am about to make a very big move in the next couple of months, & her journey gives me courage & inspiration. Please pass this comment onto her. Peace & love to you both, & to all the others who left comments regarding losing loved ones.

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By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:46:10 +0000

Thanks Jen for sharing your Mum’s story – it has added to the healing of my family. We always believed my grandfather would go before my grandma – he had been told in 1947 that he had a heart problem and could not expect to live long – and that she would blossom and carry on without him with her family around her. Not to be, Bibbee died of ovarian cancer at the age of 83. They were both born in 1921. They had been married for 62 years. My grandfather, a big, strong man very much of his generation, fell apart without her. Despite the love of his family, he fell into a deep depression. He eventually died (of heart trouble) aged 86, still grieving for my grandmother.
Thank you and big hugs to your mother for showing us another way to live with this great loss, Love Julie (Oz)

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By: Robyn

Robyn — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:17:20 +0000

Jennifer,

I too lost my father two years ago, September. My mother who sounds very much like your mother is trying to find her place in the world (as she puts it) without him. She is brave and strong and courageous as she attempts to do things on her own but I see the sadness in her eyes every day.
My father died one month prior to my parents 40th anniversary. He was only 61. I was on maternity leave with my second son who was only 5 weeks old at the time. When my father died, I suddenly realized that I don’t know how to exist in the world without him. He shaped who I am as a mother, a wife and a friend. Now I was left without his guidance and wisdom. Every day I wish to hear his voice again, to smell his scent and to hug him one more time. I know exactly what you mean by the “happy weird ache”. I have that too. Sometimes I wonder if it will ever go away and other times I don’t think that I want it to. For now I live one day at a time and try to remain positive as I know he would have wanted me to.
Thank you for sharing your story and reminding me that I am not alone.