There have been several times this weekend that I have thought, “Oh, I need to tell my mother this”, and, then I remember that I can’t.
It’s a bummer, but, I’m not distraught, or, anything, but, I keep doing it.
I wonder why it’s taken this long (she died in July) for it to happen?
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I never told you a lot about my mother’s death, but, actually, it was pretty amazing, as far as these things go, and, since the b5 Media Family and Relationships Channel’s Blog Carnival theme is “love”, I figured this was as good of a time as any to tell you about it.
She was very ill […]
Today marks 6 months since my mother died.
It’s weird, usually, when time passes after a significant event, you usually say, “Wow, I can’t believe it’s already been x months since…”, or, “Wow, has it only been 6 months since…?”
This time, for whatever reason, 6 months seems about right. I don’t know if that means something, […]
My mother’s voice is still on her voice mail message at her former place of business.
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Nicole asked, “How has your caregiving experience changed what you want for yourself and your kids as you get older?”
I know firsthand that there’s a fine line and it’s a controversial word, but, in no way do I want to be a “burden” to my children, even unintentionally.
I have said before that the best thing […]
I’ve tried several times to write about the first holiday season without my mother. But, for some reason, the words don’t come out when I sit down to type. It’s not that I’m overcome with grief or anything, it’s just that it’s all so weird to have to find a new “rhythm” if you will.
It’s […]
With the holiday season coming up quickly, I know that this time of year might be hard since my mother died.
I have been thinking about the approaching season in vague terms, making a mental note to put “deal emotionally with holidays”, but, I haven’t really done much else.
Imagine my surprise when, Halloween, the questionable member […]
Sometimes I get stuck about what to write here. I enjoy doing it, and, I have lots to say, but, I am very aware that the topic of being in the Sandwich Generation can easily turn (and probably has more than once, here) turned into Introspective Angst-a-Palooza.
I can’t stand that kind of stuff.
Being in my […]
With my dad’s surgery coming up, it has just dawned on me that I am “the family” since my mother died. As in when the doctor needs to talk to “the family” after surgery, I am it.
I’m not overwrought about it or anything, it’s just weird to me.
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I went to my mother’s former place of business yesterday. It was my first time there since she died last month. I was there with a friend of hers, and, I was fine until I went to the area where her office used to be, it kind of took me by surprise. But, we […]
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