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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 06:39 AM Original message |
When Mother's Day Hurts |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. See also . . . |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. I miss you Ma |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is for all the mothers I will talk to and try to comfort today |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. Since my Mothers passing |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. To my mom... |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. my eldest sister once told me she remembered... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
47. I'm sorry you went through so much pain, and also your sister. |
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Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. To all the moms of lost children |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. My mom died in 2006 and I miss her so much |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
9. as the child of an |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. don't. dont call her. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Do whatever your heart tells you to do. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. She can't hurt me any more, but she would if she could. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
48. I'm sorry for the pain you've gone through. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. It does become smaller in the distance, looking back over the years. |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. What a nice idea. So true. For many of us, Mother's Day is bittersweet at best. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. reading two days of the back and forth on this |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I buy her a card to acknowledge her, she's still my mother and I'm, still here so she |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. my mom had an abusive alcoholic father. my hubbys mom lived in an alcoholic family |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Yeah. I am fortunate not to have followed the family pattern, at least in terms |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. *sigh*. yes. exactly. the thing that we have found and |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Sounds like you are a source of wisdom for your family. I hope they listen. It |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. taking charge of one's own life and giving up on changing anyone else |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. I'm happy you held on... |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. Heart attack when I was 15. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. i loved that post of yours. nt |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
19. Mom, I hope you're dying a slow and painful death, hunched and |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. one day |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. No I will not, ever regret it. You may speak for yourself, but |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
39. I'm sorry that someone took it upon themselves to judge and dump. |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Thank you. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. delete cause you say in another post. nt |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. I never apologized and never felt bad....but I felt good that I was compassionate at her deathbed |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. This is NOT a thread for criticising ANYONE. |
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njlib (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. My feelings exactly! |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Haven't seen mine since 1983, kids never saw them. I wouldn't |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. you are right. no one on du knows what you experienced. nt |
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caseycoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. This is how I feel about my stepmother. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
20. Missing my daughter AND my mom. |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. Twenty years gone |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. It has been over 50 years sense I lost you Mom. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
27. This is for all the people who have lost a wonderful mother and still can't |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
35. I miss my mother every day |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Wish I was with my Mom when she passed |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
36. My older sister did a lot to get me raised; I think of her as a mom-like hero |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
37. I'm very lucky |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. My Mom had a great influence on shaping my |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
41. My son was kidnapped when he was 8, so, needless to say, Mother's Day is not a day of joy for me. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. And we reach back to you |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. thank you! |
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caseycoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. I cannot imagine |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. My son also passed on in 2006 |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I'm sorry, Mari... that pain must be so sharp. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I am thinking next yr I will have a dinner with mothers whose children have crossed over |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:13 PM Original message |
Beautiful idea, Mari! From that article, it sounds like that one mother would be more |
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caseycoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R It's a sad day for me. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. It must be very, very hard on a child. |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
50. Some of us deal with infertility |
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vankuria (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. I can relate |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
53. Dinner for Mothers whose children were killed in violence |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
57. My mother died of cancer when I was 17; but in a way I'm pretty philosophical about it |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
58. I miss my mom too, it's been nearly 20 years... |
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jxnmsdemguy65 (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
62. This has categorically been the worst Mother's Day ever... |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
63. I found this with mt Mom's things with a note saying |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. If you find that comforting, that is fine. For others, the need to express emotion is healthy. |
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