Bereavement

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9. my mom's birthday was about six weeks after she passed

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 02:09 AM

Sep 2015

and i don't remember that first birthday, i was still stunned & in shock.

but each year after that we "celebrate" her birthday. i make her favorite foods for dinner, we have a cake in her honor, we set a place for her at the table. we share our memories of her.

it's always bittersweet.

my friend's family has been doing that in honor of his father for years. i was told it was an italian tradition. (my friend is italian.) i don't know for sure, one way or the other. but i think it's a nice tradition to have and you don't have to be any particular nationality in order to do it.

maybe it would be the perfect time to wear one of those shirts.

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I truly understand auntAgonist Aug 2015 #3

Great idea about the ohheckyeah Aug 2015 #4

I am sorry. murielm99 Aug 2015 #5

Thank you. ohheckyeah Aug 2015 #6

I'm sending you hugs, love and comfort. KMOD Aug 2015 #7

thanks ohheckyeah Aug 2015 #8

my mom's birthday was about six weeks after she passed orleans Sep 2015 #9

Some of us went out ohheckyeah Sep 2015 #10

i can't imagine what it would be like to lose someone after being together for 68 years orleans Sep 2015 #11

You should have been given murielm99 Sep 2015 #12

I did ask. ohheckyeah Sep 2015 #13