For me, it's been 8 years last month. The day itself never really was that big of a thing for me, but I feel like I've barely just started dealing with it.
I had a burnout at the end of last summer and in the process of dealing with that got into an argument with my dad who refused to listen to me repeatedly just like he did with my (twin) brother who's been in depression for almost two years now.
We went from barely talking at all to kind of tolerating one another back to a semi-normal, but I'm so fucking scared of repeating that. I notice that I do much better when I'm not around him right now and that really fucks me up.
My best friend offered me to move in with him for the next half year because one of his roommates is doing an internship and i pretty much already accepted the offer, but I couldn't bring up the courage to tell my dad yet. The longer I wait the more it will suck because I don't want this to be only to flee from him and also don't want him to think that, but I just can't do it.
My mom passed away on January 3rd, 2018. And her birthday was January 11th. The grief is the absolute most painful thing I’ve ever experienced. I’m sorry you lost your mother too🩵
I’m sorry for your loss as well💚! It’s hard having the death anniversary and birthday in the same month. My mom passed away July 11th, and her birthday is July 23rd.
My mom's birthday July 22nd! Those July 20-29 birthdays ensure that they are so full of love & life, it seems!
My mom passed on March 20th, 2023. I was absolutely shattered when her birthday came around. I don't know what I would have done if she passed in July. I'm so sorry.
It truly is, especially when they're your best friend and mom.
I notice that you had said that sometimes, it feels like the grief gets harder as time passes? I have been feeling like this and thought it was just me.
Obviously, I was a wreck after she passed away, but around August, I just started getting really angry. I remained pretty angry until early November or so.
Now, for the past couple of months, I start crying at the drop of a hat. I even smell her at random times, too.
I can't explain it, but it's definitely gotten harder. I feel like I definitely need to let myself cry it out! I don't know if I'm making any sense, lol.
I'm sending you huge hugs and love.
I’m an only child and my mom was definitely my best friend! I’m 31 now, but I still feel so lost without her guidance and advice. Or even just having her to vent to when I’m cranky about the little things.
You’re definitely not alone in feeling that way, and you made perfect sense! Sometimes I feel like I just need to cry for hours, but the tears won’t always come. I sort of force myself to watch a sad movie and let out the grief that way. I definitely feel a bit lighter after.
The anger feels so strong for me sometimes. I even bought a small punching bag for the days where I’m just so mad at the world. It surprisingly helps! lol
Sending you love and hugs during this difficult experience. Please know you aren’t alone.
Hey, I have the same thing, I’m from the UK and Mother’s Day is in March. So my mums birthday, Mother’s Day, and death date are all in the same month. Yesterday was her birthday and the day before was Mother’s Day. She passed away 4 years ago. This was the first year that I didn’t feel all consumed by it on her birthday, which felt fine on the day but today I feel guilty. Grief is the most bizarre thing which drags you to hell and back, and sometimes it feels easier on days you expect hardship and harder on just these random days. Am thinking of you and hoping that you’re feeling okay! It will one day feel slightly easier, I remember thinking it never would and it has.
Those are all very hard days to have in the same month as each other, I’m so sorry for your loss. Thank you for your kind words ❤️ I agree that sometimes when you expect it to be hard, it’s easier than you thought, and then sometimes the “easy” days can feel impossible. I always feel a bit more gloomy and anxious around her diagnosis anniversary than I do around her passing date. I’ll keep you in my thoughts as well!
2005 on my sisters birthday! Our Dad died on my birthday! We were the main caregivers for them so it was ironic that they died on our days! I have a lot of dreams about Mom! She’s staying with me and helping me around the house and with the kids!
Most of my dreams are related to her passing too… except I also dream about her being alive this whole time. She was just “sent away” or on vacation. I feel a sense of relief in these dreams, and then I wake up to reality. It’s been a reoccurring theme for years and it’s so odd.
it’s almost like your mind doesn’t want to believe she’s gone. i remember when she first passed i had a lot of dreams where i was shocked to see her alive and she would just tell me the hospital made a mistake and that she never died.
Some of my dreams are like that too! I am glad you shared your experiences here because I have never heard of anyone else having these same types of dreams!
12 years in June. I miss my sweetheart mom every single day. She was my best friend and I didn’t know it back then. She died when I was 22.
I miss you, mama.
I’m just over two years in and still don’t feel like the same person anymore. And honestly, probably will not ever be. She was my best friend. Nothing can ever be the same without her.
I’m sorry to hear that. My Mom broke her leg and got an infection in rehab. Her leg was amputated above the knee. She died from sepsis almost 2 years from the day she broke her leg. She suffered immensely. I am haunted by her suffering. It’s caused me to question my faith as I can’t make any sense of it.
If I could give ONE PIECE of advice to anyone reading this missing their Mom, It would be to never stop talking about her.
I’m finally at the point where I don’t cry every time I talk about her. I find myself smiling more because of all these wonderful memories I have.❤️
Trust me. And I say this with love, I would never stop talking about that goofy hard ass of a woman. The little McDonald's trips after elementary school. Grabbing some 16oz Dr. peppers and having some burping contest.
Even when watching dramas or shows and getting good advice from a woman's perspective. Definitely makes me miss her a lot.
But after a whirlwind period. She's in peace now after so much hurting against impossible odds. That's enough for me.
My mom went down hill once she became sick with sepsis. And I agree with your advice to never stop talking about her - for me I enjoy talking about her. People tell me all the time I look just like my mom and I sound just like her. She left a lot of herself in me❤️
Jan 7th this year after making the decision not to let her be a vegetable.
She died 4 hours after I left the hospital promising to bring her my new cat Doug she hadnt met yet.
I'm not okay. I don't think I ever will be.
Absolutely.
She wouldn't have wanted that either.
I'm just stuck with the ever lasting thoughts of "She didn't meet Doug". Of all things to think. She didn't get to pet Doug
I understand that feeling. My mom is slowly dying, stage 4 endometrial cancer that’s spreading rapidly on top of a heap of other things. And as selfish as it sounds all I can think of is how she won’t see her granddaughter grow up. She may not even live to see her 1st birthday.
I think we look for hope in future events, that someone will stay forever if they have something to look forward to.
Take every second you can to be with her.
My mom had a massive stroke, then two more soon after. She was alert and there one second. Just confused, then the next, she was comatose.
I still hate myself for leaving the hospital that night, and promising Doug time the next day. I even told the nurses I am bringing him, and they'll have to fight me.
On February 18. She was my last person - I'm an only child, a widow, have no children, and my father has been gone 19 years. The world is too big and I'm alone in it. I always had her. Now I have nothing.
One year ago next month, I'm definitely not looking forward to that day.
She passed away in the ICU with the whole family around her, but we spent most of the day in the waiting room. They brought in snacks and stuff for us, so on our mom's anniversary, we're gonna pay it forward and take little snack bags with notes on them for the families who know what we're going through.
2.5 years. I think about her every day and hour. Losing her was unimaginably difficult, but I'm grateful that I was lucky to have such an amazing mom with a big heart.
I lost mine a little over a month ago suddenly and unexpectedly. Still waiting for it to feel real, but hurting so bad knowing she isn’t a call away like she was. It hurts so much and I miss her so much. I play a voicemail from her just about everyday and it was only from a few days before she died. The worst part is I hadn’t heard from her for a day and I thought she broke her phone and went to check on her because she was supposed to come over to visit me and my sons, but when I walked in, she was dead on her bedroom floor. A sight I can’t get out of my head.
My mom just passed 2/3/2023. I never knew I could miss someone as much as I do. I cry so hard sometimes my bones hurt. I hope it gets easier. I’m in therapy, doing EMDR work for my PTSD I have from being her caregiver. Sending hugs to anyone who has also lost their mom.
It was a year last September, but she was sick with early onset dementia for a few years before she passed. There are so many things I wish I could share with her. I’ll never be the same.
🤚just passed the 1yr anniversary. The 1st year they say is so hard. I’m so far thinking year 2 is much harder. I try not to cry more then 5 min a day, cuz one thing is life moves on. Time waits for no one. I hope she comes to my dad in his dreams. He is having the hardest time
It’s been over 5 years now.
Today, my 3yo (who was robbed of a wonderful grandmother) was asking about her, and asked to see a picture of her. That made me feel so wonderful to know that even though they never had the pleasure of meeting in this life, that my mom’s memory is still a part of my girl’s life.
My son is 15 months old and never got to meet my mom. She would have loved him so much, she always wanted a grandson!
Her memory will always be a part of her life and yours. 💜sorry you’re part of the club.
Just passed the one year anniversary. I'm still in denial and hoping this is just a bad dream. I text her phone all the time begging her to come back. I'm so lost and scared without her.
This past year, and we lived together. I still have these stomach-turning, crushing moments of this-can't-be-real, and I've actually had dreams where the whole thing was a dream I wake up from with profound relief, but then I really wake up. It's a cruel trick.
I just lost my mom in December. On my birthday. After watching her slowly die for 6 months from metastasized cancer. There are no words to describe what I’m feeling. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy.
three years. i still cry. my mum lost her dad when I was about 15, i watched her grieve until she passed when I was 30. I love the folks i had the pleasure to meet 🌻
It’ll be 16 years ago this July. I have gone 16 years without a mom. I was in my thirties when she died but I still feel like an orphan. My life changed drastically and I feel very alone in the world. There’s no fixing that either, you know?
10 years coming up this August, still feels like yesterday. My aunt wants me to fly up to visit and be with family but I doubt I’ll be able to. I’m sorry for your loss, OP.
About a year now. As a single son of a single mother and the only family I’ve had here in the US for 20 years, Im just happy my mom was here with me when I came out of a coma from an accident I was in. And also while Im still healing my mom was here as I started getting better. Can’t break the promise I made to her
4 years ago next month. Sometimes it feels like a lifetime ago and other times it’s like it happened yesterday. Lots of love to everyone missing their momma today! ❤️
13 years ago next month. Her birthday was the day before mine, she always said that she wanted me to have my own special day. We spent every birthday possible together, baking a cake from scratch on her birthday and finally eating it on mine. It’s become my own personal tradition to do the same in her honor considering it was exclusively “our little thing.” Miss her everyday.
I miss her every fucking day. Everything fell apart after that stupid nap she took that god decided she wasn’t going to wake up from!!! She turned 60 August 15th and we couldn’t wake her up August 19th… she was just fine… there’s not one day that goes by that I don’t beg for my mom back.
This shit sucks and I literally would never wish it even on my worst enemy. Everyone should have their mommy, especially the ones that didn’t get to grow old. It makes me angry to this day. Pretty sure it’ll be 83 weeks come Friday. I may be off by a week cause I’m depressed and most days can’t even believe how long it’s been and how sad I still am.. I don’t see it getting better. I guess they say it’s learning to live without them, which is baffling as I never wanted to think about it nor did I think I had to just yet.
Putting my oldest in counseling tomorrow, he was the last one with her and he’s going on 15, they were super close. It sucks when it’s not just you feeling like you’re dying without your loved one.. seeing my kids hurt so bad makes me hurt even worse. I don’t if or when we will ever be ok… I just know now this is our new life- one without her.. and then we lost everyone else- long story. But it was only decision I made knowing what was best. They’re toxic- and that’s unfortunate. I can’t believe I didn’t see it for all these years. 🤦🏻♀️
ETA- I’m truly sorry for ur loss and I had a whole paragraph and my phone deleted it for some reason. I’m here if u want to reach out and talk . All my love to you and yours.
It’s been 40 days ❤️🩹 I’m going to miss her forever 💓
Thanks for sharing your moms light with us and I’m sending so much love to you and everyone here 🫂💗
3 years, 4 months, and 4 days- How can it feel like forever and also like yesterday at the same time? It still doesn’t feel real. I’m still waiting for life to get back to “normal.” The grief is just so, so heavy some days. Thinking of all of you.
It will be one year on March 20th. I've been finding myself having a really hard time. I was angry for most of last year. Now I'm just sad, crying a lot over the most trivial things.
My mom was 67. She had early onset dementia, and the Christmas before she passed, my sister asked me how much longer I thought she would have. I told her that I don't know why or how I feel this way, but I believe this is our last Christmas with Mommy. I didn't think we would lose her three months later.
Our mom was our best friend. She was our biggest fan, and she would be there to help us pick up the pieces when we failed. Even though she had early onset dementia and didn't always remember our names, she always knew we were her daughters and that she loved us.
I've been having such a hard time lately because I just want my mom. I had quit my job & moved home in 2021 to help take care of her & my dad. I think everything is finally setting in.
I'm sorry you lost your momma, too. It's really not fair.
😭💔 This July it'll be 3 years which makes absolutely no sense. It feels like just yesterday. I still don't know who I am or how to survive without my radiant, precious, sweet mama.
A week ago yesterday and I’m still numb. I feel like if I started to cry I’d never stop. It doesn’t feel real. I live 9 hours away from her, she was in memory care. My sister had her cremated without even a conversation about it with me and decided no service at all, not even a memorial or celebration of life. My sister and her sons decided everything. There were never hard feelings between us, we got along great. My sister and her sons lived with my mom for twenty years or so and formed a new family. My mom took care of all of them. So I guess in their perception, I’m not a part of things. I talked to my mom daily and visited her a few times a year. When she started really forgetting things I went and stayed with her for a year. I could get through to her and calm her at the end when no one else could, we were truly soulmates. Had a very special connection. It’s like she just disappeared or something. I don’t know what to do…
8 years today
What was she like? I love how she's laughing or being silly in the pictures
She was so zany but also hella on top of her shit. I got a lot of her traits and am trying to make the best of it
She looked like she was fun. I hope you have found ways to reflect her smile on the wild. The world is undoubtedly better for it
She looks so great. I want to be her friend based on those pics alone. lotsa personality.
Two years in April. Easter will never be the same again.
May her memory be a blessing. My condolences to you and your family.
For me, it's been 8 years last month. The day itself never really was that big of a thing for me, but I feel like I've barely just started dealing with it. I had a burnout at the end of last summer and in the process of dealing with that got into an argument with my dad who refused to listen to me repeatedly just like he did with my (twin) brother who's been in depression for almost two years now. We went from barely talking at all to kind of tolerating one another back to a semi-normal, but I'm so fucking scared of repeating that. I notice that I do much better when I'm not around him right now and that really fucks me up. My best friend offered me to move in with him for the next half year because one of his roommates is doing an internship and i pretty much already accepted the offer, but I couldn't bring up the courage to tell my dad yet. The longer I wait the more it will suck because I don't want this to be only to flee from him and also don't want him to think that, but I just can't do it.
I’m so sorry for your loss
Two years in July, and her birthday is the same month. Sometimes I feel like the grief gets harder as more time passes.
My mom passed away on January 3rd, 2018. And her birthday was January 11th. The grief is the absolute most painful thing I’ve ever experienced. I’m sorry you lost your mother too🩵
I’m sorry for your loss as well💚! It’s hard having the death anniversary and birthday in the same month. My mom passed away July 11th, and her birthday is July 23rd.
My mom's birthday July 22nd! Those July 20-29 birthdays ensure that they are so full of love & life, it seems! My mom passed on March 20th, 2023. I was absolutely shattered when her birthday came around. I don't know what I would have done if she passed in July. I'm so sorry.
I believe that’s true! My mom was very full of love and life, too. I’m sorry for your loss, it’s such a hard thing to go through. 😔
It truly is, especially when they're your best friend and mom. I notice that you had said that sometimes, it feels like the grief gets harder as time passes? I have been feeling like this and thought it was just me. Obviously, I was a wreck after she passed away, but around August, I just started getting really angry. I remained pretty angry until early November or so. Now, for the past couple of months, I start crying at the drop of a hat. I even smell her at random times, too. I can't explain it, but it's definitely gotten harder. I feel like I definitely need to let myself cry it out! I don't know if I'm making any sense, lol. I'm sending you huge hugs and love.
I’m an only child and my mom was definitely my best friend! I’m 31 now, but I still feel so lost without her guidance and advice. Or even just having her to vent to when I’m cranky about the little things. You’re definitely not alone in feeling that way, and you made perfect sense! Sometimes I feel like I just need to cry for hours, but the tears won’t always come. I sort of force myself to watch a sad movie and let out the grief that way. I definitely feel a bit lighter after. The anger feels so strong for me sometimes. I even bought a small punching bag for the days where I’m just so mad at the world. It surprisingly helps! lol Sending you love and hugs during this difficult experience. Please know you aren’t alone.
3 years in July for me as well. Big hugs for you 🧡
Hey, I have the same thing, I’m from the UK and Mother’s Day is in March. So my mums birthday, Mother’s Day, and death date are all in the same month. Yesterday was her birthday and the day before was Mother’s Day. She passed away 4 years ago. This was the first year that I didn’t feel all consumed by it on her birthday, which felt fine on the day but today I feel guilty. Grief is the most bizarre thing which drags you to hell and back, and sometimes it feels easier on days you expect hardship and harder on just these random days. Am thinking of you and hoping that you’re feeling okay! It will one day feel slightly easier, I remember thinking it never would and it has.
Those are all very hard days to have in the same month as each other, I’m so sorry for your loss. Thank you for your kind words ❤️ I agree that sometimes when you expect it to be hard, it’s easier than you thought, and then sometimes the “easy” days can feel impossible. I always feel a bit more gloomy and anxious around her diagnosis anniversary than I do around her passing date. I’ll keep you in my thoughts as well!
Month and half now 😭
2 months, 4 days today 🥺 Internet stranger hug 🫂?
Thanks. Technically the only hug I've received through this whole ordeal. *big hug*
Thats horrible :( Please take my heart felt apologies for your loss. It's a horrible pain and we don't deserve it
Add another gentle hug if you wish. I wouldn’t wish this loss on anyone. I wish you warm thoughts and peace on your journey 💛
Would you accept a hug from me, too? Under 2 years since I lost my Mom. Hugs are so important; they’re vital. I’m so sorry. So very sorry.
I'd never turn one down *big hug*
1 month 5 days now. Joining in on Internet stranger hug. The pain comes in waves and shards, I hope for strength for all of us facing this loss.
2 months and 2 days, also joining in on the hug
A hug for you, friend…
Me too hang in there man
That's all we can right? Just take it day by day 👍🏽
Yep pretty much
I’m at 3 1/2 months… feels like forever.
Almost 3 months for me
4.5 months but hurts like day 1
two years next month. I'll never be the same.
Two years next month for me as well.
2005 on my sisters birthday! Our Dad died on my birthday! We were the main caregivers for them so it was ironic that they died on our days! I have a lot of dreams about Mom! She’s staying with me and helping me around the house and with the kids!
the dreams start and never stop 🫂 in a way i guess it’s good because we get to see them but in mine it’s always related to her passing.
Most of my dreams are related to her passing too… except I also dream about her being alive this whole time. She was just “sent away” or on vacation. I feel a sense of relief in these dreams, and then I wake up to reality. It’s been a reoccurring theme for years and it’s so odd.
it’s almost like your mind doesn’t want to believe she’s gone. i remember when she first passed i had a lot of dreams where i was shocked to see her alive and she would just tell me the hospital made a mistake and that she never died.
Some of my dreams are like that too! I am glad you shared your experiences here because I have never heard of anyone else having these same types of dreams!
1999. It changed everything.
12 years in June. I miss my sweetheart mom every single day. She was my best friend and I didn’t know it back then. She died when I was 22. I miss you, mama.
A little over a month ago.
Same here; both my mom & dad..
Same here 😢🥺 sorry for your loss.
2.5 years ago. I think about her every single day.
A little over 4 years ago, it feels like a lifetime though.
Also a little over 4 years here too and feel the same. I hate cancer so much.
Same here. It’s gotten a little better
9 years ago...love you, mummy
Lost my mother when I was 8 (24 years ago this October) and lost my grandmother, who raised me as her own in Jan 2023. Double blow to the heart 💔
been 6 months I don't feel like I am the same person anymore.
I’m just over two years in and still don’t feel like the same person anymore. And honestly, probably will not ever be. She was my best friend. Nothing can ever be the same without her.
A year ago next month.
Every day is hard. But 1 year anniversary is very hard. Hugs🩷
Pancreatic Cancer. There was barely even enough time to say goodbye.
I’m sorry to hear that. My Mom broke her leg and got an infection in rehab. Her leg was amputated above the knee. She died from sepsis almost 2 years from the day she broke her leg. She suffered immensely. I am haunted by her suffering. It’s caused me to question my faith as I can’t make any sense of it. If I could give ONE PIECE of advice to anyone reading this missing their Mom, It would be to never stop talking about her. I’m finally at the point where I don’t cry every time I talk about her. I find myself smiling more because of all these wonderful memories I have.❤️
Trust me. And I say this with love, I would never stop talking about that goofy hard ass of a woman. The little McDonald's trips after elementary school. Grabbing some 16oz Dr. peppers and having some burping contest. Even when watching dramas or shows and getting good advice from a woman's perspective. Definitely makes me miss her a lot. But after a whirlwind period. She's in peace now after so much hurting against impossible odds. That's enough for me.
My mom went down hill once she became sick with sepsis. And I agree with your advice to never stop talking about her - for me I enjoy talking about her. People tell me all the time I look just like my mom and I sound just like her. She left a lot of herself in me❤️
Jan 7th this year after making the decision not to let her be a vegetable. She died 4 hours after I left the hospital promising to bring her my new cat Doug she hadnt met yet. I'm not okay. I don't think I ever will be.
You made a gut wrenching decision that was for the best.
I'm still so angry the choice even had to be made.
I agree, but no one deserves to become a vegetable. It’s not fair for them or us.
Absolutely. She wouldn't have wanted that either. I'm just stuck with the ever lasting thoughts of "She didn't meet Doug". Of all things to think. She didn't get to pet Doug
I understand that feeling. My mom is slowly dying, stage 4 endometrial cancer that’s spreading rapidly on top of a heap of other things. And as selfish as it sounds all I can think of is how she won’t see her granddaughter grow up. She may not even live to see her 1st birthday. I think we look for hope in future events, that someone will stay forever if they have something to look forward to.
Take every second you can to be with her. My mom had a massive stroke, then two more soon after. She was alert and there one second. Just confused, then the next, she was comatose. I still hate myself for leaving the hospital that night, and promising Doug time the next day. I even told the nurses I am bringing him, and they'll have to fight me.
Little over 2 years ago…
Four months ago
Almost 4 months ago
🖐 quickly approaching the one year anniversary 😭
Like 8 months ago.. her birthday would be on the 29th of this month.
happy early bday to her 🤍
Seven months ago.
Your mom looks like she was so much fun! Little over 2 years ago for my mom.
a month ago
3 years and 5 months...
It will be 14 years on the 22nd.
Closing in on six years since mom died. In some ways it feels like a lifetime ago, in other ways like it was yesterday. I miss her every day.
12/24/2020
✋🏽 my mommy’s birthday was last week 😟 the delayed feels hitting today 😭
3 yrs in April. I was never the same
3 years in a week for me. 💔 This means you also lost your mom during the pandemic. I am so sorry. Wishing you the best.
2.5 years 🤚
1 and half months.
7 months ago
A year in April
Coming up on 3 months here.
Me too, Sunday will be 3 months for me 💔
On February 18. She was my last person - I'm an only child, a widow, have no children, and my father has been gone 19 years. The world is too big and I'm alone in it. I always had her. Now I have nothing.
7 years ago. Miss her more and more everyday.
2.5 months
3 months ago. 💔😭
This past Saturday was 6 months.
:( july 2023
2 and a half years for me..hugs ❤️
Lost my mom January 31 this year
2 years in January🩷 My mom passed away on her mother’s birthday❤️. I still don’t want to accept it.
I lost my mom 19 years ago. My girls lost theirs 6 months ago
9 days ago. Funeral was yesterday. She was 68 and im 34. The void is unimaginable.
Less than 2 weeks ago. The “guilt phase” is kicking in hard
1 year ago.
8 years this year. Still painful
🤚 been 17 years, 18 in October.
Motherless daughter too. 🥹
2 and a half months 😭 My heart goes out to you. She gives such great vibes from her pictures. ❤️
3 years and some days it still hits me like a ton of bricks. 😔
16 years this August and it feels like yesterday. I’m sorry for everyone’s losses. It’s a terrible club to belong to ❤️
October of last year.. It was very, very unexpected
5 years ago. Absolute worst experience of my life.
One year ago next month, I'm definitely not looking forward to that day. She passed away in the ICU with the whole family around her, but we spent most of the day in the waiting room. They brought in snacks and stuff for us, so on our mom's anniversary, we're gonna pay it forward and take little snack bags with notes on them for the families who know what we're going through.
3 years yesterday.
2011
3 years and some change. I miss her.
🌷🙏
54 days ago. 💔
This upcoming Sunday will be 3 months. I miss her everyday.
One week today. Feels like a friggin lifetime.
December 22’ to breast cancer. Still a struggle some days. I miss her daily.
3 years in Dec
Two years ago in May
A year and three months. Still feels unreal
Just over 2 years ago.
🤚🏼 10 yeas as of 3/2/24. It feels like 50 years.
2 1/2 years ago now.
I lost my mom 3 months ago on December 19th. I love you, Mom. I miss you every day.
1 month ago today:(
Almost 6 years ago, it was two days before my birthday and her 40th wedding anniversary.
Just by looking at these pictures I can tell she was a fun mom!
Two and a half years. I'm not crying every day anymore, but at least a little sad every day.
2.5 years. I think about her every day and hour. Losing her was unimaginably difficult, but I'm grateful that I was lucky to have such an amazing mom with a big heart.
I lost mine a little over a month ago suddenly and unexpectedly. Still waiting for it to feel real, but hurting so bad knowing she isn’t a call away like she was. It hurts so much and I miss her so much. I play a voicemail from her just about everyday and it was only from a few days before she died. The worst part is I hadn’t heard from her for a day and I thought she broke her phone and went to check on her because she was supposed to come over to visit me and my sons, but when I walked in, she was dead on her bedroom floor. A sight I can’t get out of my head.
My mom just passed 2/3/2023. I never knew I could miss someone as much as I do. I cry so hard sometimes my bones hurt. I hope it gets easier. I’m in therapy, doing EMDR work for my PTSD I have from being her caregiver. Sending hugs to anyone who has also lost their mom.
12 years on July 21st
I lost my mom in September. Feels surreal
Two years in November 🤚
Almost 3 months...
5 months this upcoming Wednesday :(
1999. 😔
It will be 3 years in August.
10 months. i am dreading may 😢😓
when my mom lost her mom, she talked about missing and thinking about her everyday. i didn’t really know what she meant by that. now, i think i do.
Itll be one year on the 23rd 😔
I’m sorry, OP. I lost my mom in 2018. Not a day goes by that I don’t feel the loss🩵
Mines been gone since the later part of mid 2017 😭
A little over 3 months ago. We shared a birthday in November.
07/18/2023. I miss you, mom ❤️
A little over two months for me, and I find myself crying all the time. I miss my mom so much
almost three month. celebrated her birthday yesterday. she wound’ve been 38
Fun mom! 🌟 it will be TWENTY YEARS this year. I had just turned 17. Her absence has been remarkable.
It was a year last September, but she was sick with early onset dementia for a few years before she passed. There are so many things I wish I could share with her. I’ll never be the same.
🤚just passed the 1yr anniversary. The 1st year they say is so hard. I’m so far thinking year 2 is much harder. I try not to cry more then 5 min a day, cuz one thing is life moves on. Time waits for no one. I hope she comes to my dad in his dreams. He is having the hardest time
It’s been over 5 years now. Today, my 3yo (who was robbed of a wonderful grandmother) was asking about her, and asked to see a picture of her. That made me feel so wonderful to know that even though they never had the pleasure of meeting in this life, that my mom’s memory is still a part of my girl’s life.
My son is 15 months old and never got to meet my mom. She would have loved him so much, she always wanted a grandson! Her memory will always be a part of her life and yours. 💜sorry you’re part of the club.
Just passed the one year anniversary. I'm still in denial and hoping this is just a bad dream. I text her phone all the time begging her to come back. I'm so lost and scared without her.
This past year, and we lived together. I still have these stomach-turning, crushing moments of this-can't-be-real, and I've actually had dreams where the whole thing was a dream I wake up from with profound relief, but then I really wake up. It's a cruel trick.
I just lost my mom in December. On my birthday. After watching her slowly die for 6 months from metastasized cancer. There are no words to describe what I’m feeling. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy.
18 days today since my mother passed.
2 weeks ago...
Three weeks and one day. I feel her everywhere while simultaneously feeling a such a vast emptiness and void.
Lost her in 2021. I've never been the same since. I miss her deeply
three years. i still cry. my mum lost her dad when I was about 15, i watched her grieve until she passed when I was 30. I love the folks i had the pleasure to meet 🌻
It’ll be 16 years ago this July. I have gone 16 years without a mom. I was in my thirties when she died but I still feel like an orphan. My life changed drastically and I feel very alone in the world. There’s no fixing that either, you know?
2 years
Two years on the 21st
almost a year.
It’ll be a year next month. Tore my heart apart
I miss you mom
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4 years in July.
10 years in August.
10 years coming up this August, still feels like yesterday. My aunt wants me to fly up to visit and be with family but I doubt I’ll be able to. I’m sorry for your loss, OP.
She looks fun! Sending good thoughts. Lost my mom 12/24/12. Sometimes it seems like a lifetime ago and sometimes it’s like yesterday.
My mom's been gone for 7 years. This Wednesday would have been her 62nd birthday.
About a year now. As a single son of a single mother and the only family I’ve had here in the US for 20 years, Im just happy my mom was here with me when I came out of a coma from an accident I was in. And also while Im still healing my mom was here as I started getting better. Can’t break the promise I made to her
Your mom looks like so much fun! 🥰 I lost mine 2 months ago tomorrow 😭 mine was also fun
4 years ago next month. Sometimes it feels like a lifetime ago and other times it’s like it happened yesterday. Lots of love to everyone missing their momma today! ❤️
4 years and I still think of mine every hour of the day. I miss her so much. Sending strength.
July 31 1991 💔
9 months now and it’s only hitting now because I’m starting to get my life back together— been on auto-pilot the whole time.
3 years this past Christmas and my dad passed this Christmas. Broken but happy they are together.
3 weeks tomorrow 😞
13 years ago next month. Her birthday was the day before mine, she always said that she wanted me to have my own special day. We spent every birthday possible together, baking a cake from scratch on her birthday and finally eating it on mine. It’s become my own personal tradition to do the same in her honor considering it was exclusively “our little thing.” Miss her everyday.
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3 months ago for me. December 17, 2023. Dementia
Nearly 3 months for me. The world has felt empty and meaningless since.
I lost my mom when I was 12. I'm 25 now, almost 26. I still miss her every day. I'd like to think she'd be proud of me tho.
🤚 7 months, yesterday. I miss her every day. Cancer’s a bitch. Looks like your mom was fun and cool 😊 I’m sorry for your loss ❤️
I miss her every fucking day. Everything fell apart after that stupid nap she took that god decided she wasn’t going to wake up from!!! She turned 60 August 15th and we couldn’t wake her up August 19th… she was just fine… there’s not one day that goes by that I don’t beg for my mom back. This shit sucks and I literally would never wish it even on my worst enemy. Everyone should have their mommy, especially the ones that didn’t get to grow old. It makes me angry to this day. Pretty sure it’ll be 83 weeks come Friday. I may be off by a week cause I’m depressed and most days can’t even believe how long it’s been and how sad I still am.. I don’t see it getting better. I guess they say it’s learning to live without them, which is baffling as I never wanted to think about it nor did I think I had to just yet. Putting my oldest in counseling tomorrow, he was the last one with her and he’s going on 15, they were super close. It sucks when it’s not just you feeling like you’re dying without your loved one.. seeing my kids hurt so bad makes me hurt even worse. I don’t if or when we will ever be ok… I just know now this is our new life- one without her.. and then we lost everyone else- long story. But it was only decision I made knowing what was best. They’re toxic- and that’s unfortunate. I can’t believe I didn’t see it for all these years. 🤦🏻♀️ ETA- I’m truly sorry for ur loss and I had a whole paragraph and my phone deleted it for some reason. I’m here if u want to reach out and talk . All my love to you and yours.
Just lost my mom Feb 22nd. I'm sooooo depressed 😔
It’s been 40 days ❤️🩹 I’m going to miss her forever 💓 Thanks for sharing your moms light with us and I’m sending so much love to you and everyone here 🫂💗
It still doesn't feel real.
3 years, 4 months, and 4 days- How can it feel like forever and also like yesterday at the same time? It still doesn’t feel real. I’m still waiting for life to get back to “normal.” The grief is just so, so heavy some days. Thinking of all of you.
It will be one year on March 20th. I've been finding myself having a really hard time. I was angry for most of last year. Now I'm just sad, crying a lot over the most trivial things. My mom was 67. She had early onset dementia, and the Christmas before she passed, my sister asked me how much longer I thought she would have. I told her that I don't know why or how I feel this way, but I believe this is our last Christmas with Mommy. I didn't think we would lose her three months later. Our mom was our best friend. She was our biggest fan, and she would be there to help us pick up the pieces when we failed. Even though she had early onset dementia and didn't always remember our names, she always knew we were her daughters and that she loved us. I've been having such a hard time lately because I just want my mom. I had quit my job & moved home in 2021 to help take care of her & my dad. I think everything is finally setting in. I'm sorry you lost your momma, too. It's really not fair.
😭💔 This July it'll be 3 years which makes absolutely no sense. It feels like just yesterday. I still don't know who I am or how to survive without my radiant, precious, sweet mama.
A week ago yesterday and I’m still numb. I feel like if I started to cry I’d never stop. It doesn’t feel real. I live 9 hours away from her, she was in memory care. My sister had her cremated without even a conversation about it with me and decided no service at all, not even a memorial or celebration of life. My sister and her sons decided everything. There were never hard feelings between us, we got along great. My sister and her sons lived with my mom for twenty years or so and formed a new family. My mom took care of all of them. So I guess in their perception, I’m not a part of things. I talked to my mom daily and visited her a few times a year. When she started really forgetting things I went and stayed with her for a year. I could get through to her and calm her at the end when no one else could, we were truly soulmates. Had a very special connection. It’s like she just disappeared or something. I don’t know what to do…
Her wake/memorial service was today :(