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Bereavement

Buddyzbuddy

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9. Irisblue, you will never be motherless as long as your memories of her are kept alive in your mind.

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Sun May 4, 2025, 08:17 AM

May 2025

She'll be there as long as you are alive. She gave you the most precious and valuable thing besides life and that was, time. Her time, to be precise. A non renewable ever shrinking, intangible choice that we all choose how to spend it.
My hope for you is to remember her smile, her laughter and love.
Be well.

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Being a motherless daughter is one of the most difficult things to navigate. [View all] irisblue May 2025 OP

I stayed with my mother until the end. no_hypocrisy May 2025 #1

I held her left hand till much too young Dr Kelly called the official time of death. irisblue May 2025 #17

I'm so sorry. Losing my Mom was the hardest thing in my life and I still miss her every day, LiberalLoner May 2025 #2

Why not decide to celebrate her life today by doing things SheltieLover May 2025 #3

I do this exact thing when It feels like I should. Prairie_Seagull May 2025 #6

I do, too, and it does help. SheltieLover May 2025 #15

I started a pot of the chicken soup she made us at least monthly a short while ago irisblue May 2025 #18

I'm glad you are able to celebrate your time together in this way! SheltieLover May 2025 #20

I'm 81 and still miss my mother. I use a lot of her recipes and always wish I could tell her about it or patricia92243 May 2025 #4

As long as it wasn't a real nightmare, i think of such dreams as an incredible gift when time drops its hold over us lostnfound May 2025 #5

We grieve together today. crim son May 2025 #7

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I'm so sorry for your loss, irisblue. HeartsCanHope May 2025 #8

Irisblue, you will never be motherless as long as your memories of her are kept alive in your mind. Buddyzbuddy May 2025 #9

Make it a day to celebrate how she JMCKUSICK May 2025 #10

My mom died at a young age, suddenly; by aneurysm. peacebuzzard May 2025 #11

My mother died at 98 in 2021. I remember how lucky I felt Croney May 2025 #12

You never stop missing her. mwmisses4289 May 2025 #13

I lost my mother 32 years ago, which was only last week. Yesterday was my MiL's funerall ms liberty May 2025 #14

One of my grandmothers died leaving 2 small daughters and 2 sons. My father was the oldest child at 7. Wonder Why May 2025 #16

My mom is 87, often very insensitive, even downright Dark n Stormy Knight May 2025 #21

You're so lucky to have a Mom you love. She was a good Mom. Clouds Passing May 2025 #22

{hug} I miss mine, but the pain has lessened a lot over 17 yrs... electric_blue68 May 2025 #23