~*~ In Memory of our Moms ~*~ (share your stories)

great idea, dowie. Don't have time right now, but will try to do it today or tomorrow (depends on if I get stuck working that stupid registry shift or not.

Laura,

Thank you SO much for sharing about your Mom.  She sounds like such a beautiful and Godly woman - the kind of woman I aspire to be like.  You were so blessed to have her lovely example, as I am sure your daughters are with having YOU as their Mom.  To me, you being such a good Mom is a wonderful tribute to your Mother.

Happy Mother's Day

Love,

Kathleen

I miss my Mom...it's only been 1 year for us. Sometimes I still want to get on the phone and tell her stuff or ask a question. She loved hearing stories or remarks my little 4 year old granddaughter did or said, and the stuff my 2 grandsons would do or say. I still ride by her home, I live only down the street from "her" house (it's been sold) How long does it take for the sadness and the lonliness to go away? I always think of the good stuff, but I saw her take her last breath, it's something I would never want to see again. At times, my sister and I feel so guilty. We were her primary caretakers, but when she got really bad we finally had to put her in a nursing home. Physically I couldn't do it anymore due to back problems and my sister couldn't do it anymore because she got mentally exhausted from it. I know in time those feelings will pass because we did the best we could. Well, i have to leave now. Going out with my children. I'll be going to the cemetary this afternoon with some of her favorite lilacs from off of my tree. Have a great Mother's Day. Thank you all for letting me release a little.

Kathie 

I sure do miss my Mom,  it has been 4  years since she passed and I am not sure I can get through this,  she was my friend, my listener, my hero.   She knew when I was having a bad time and would call me just to talk, When my parents split up I would lay on the bed with her and comfort her by telling her I will always take care of you Mom,  When she became unable to care for  herself,  Jerry and I moved in with her and she was able to share recipes and was so happy when I dupllcated a recipe of hers. never was as good as hers but she would rave about it..She developed short term memory and we just laughed so much when she would say " I just told you that didn"t I and I said yep Mom...she was the eldest of 5 girls and was her Mom's right hand gal, she would cook and help her Mom,, our family often said Marie can put together a meal in 30 minutes long before it was a TV show.  her roast beef was the best and her home made vegetable soup a  labor of love.   She was Kelly and Kassies best friend and they both just adored her....If I can be only a small bit like her I will be so happy. She showed me how to take care of my famly and love them without judging and for that I feel so blessed.  I miss her so much and still have the urge to pick up the phone and call her when something wonderful happens or if I am about to go haywire..I know I can't call  her but I sure do "talk" to her many times during my day.   Happy Mothers Day Mom.    Shirley

While I am fortunate to have my Mom still with us- she will be 85 this year, her mom, my Grandma B lived with us from when I was 3 on.  So life was always had Grandma in it.  She would let us come in her room at night or Sat/Sun am and share a mound candy bar with us.  She always was outside weeding or baking.  She didn't cook as much as there was also my Mom and 4 of us girls- poor Dad had 6 women around him.  But she baked certain cookies and to this day none of us can replicate her cake cookies even tho we have the same recipe. 

She would often be chopping nuts after shelling them for Mom.  She went to "the cottage" a little house in Ocean Grove, NJ every summer for years and would have each grandchild there for a week and we'd go to the beach with her, the boarwalk and rides with her and she would take us to the Homestead restaurant one time.  A real treat. 

Grandma was a very special grandma and my children were fortunate enough to meet her, tho they were fairly young when she died and already had dementia by the time they were more than babies but they do remember her.   We still call the room she slept in all those years Grandma's room when we are visiting my Mom. 

Jill

I'm sitting here crying after reading about your moms.  My mom passed away two weeks after I became engaged.  Almost 18 years ago now.  I miss her just as much today as I did the day she passed away.  She was my best friend.  I feel so fortunate that I had her as a mom and was close to her.  I wish I was half the person she was.  I'll always remember her at the sink singinig old hymns while washing the dishes.  No matter how busy she was canning, sewing or whatever, she always had time for my siblings and me.  We use to laugh a lot about the silliest things, I miss that.  I wish my kids could have known her, they would have loved her & she them.  Thanks for starting this thread.  Memories are fun to share.  Becky

I love reading stories about everyone's Mom. I was so young when my Mom died of cancer. I was only 14 years old, the youngest in a family of 5 girls. My Mom was only 50 years old when she died. My Mom was the greatest. My parents gave us a wondeful life growing up. Our home was the foundation for all family get togethers, and every weekend, holiday or not, we had a house full. My parents gave us the foundation for family life, good morals, and our catholic faith. My mom loved her family, kept an immaculate house, and was always there for us. She only got to see 3 of the 10 granchildren in our family. Now the family has also grown to 8 great granchildren, soon to be 9. My mother loved her family and I know she would be so proud of them.

Denise

Ladies, thank you so much for sharing.  I still have my mom, but my dh lost his when he was 12 to leukemia.  His family won't hardly talk about about her because it makes them sad.  (DH will, but he was 12, he doesn't remember alot).  But I wish they would, just like you ladies have shared.  I want my dd to "know" her grandma.  have any of you gone through this?  can you give me any advice on how to open his family up?