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Bereavement

SoapBox

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5. DLO...

Reply to DeadLetterOffice (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 23, 2015, 11:29 PM

Jan 2015

I sincerely appreciate your message.

I think I made it through one actual conversation today without crying...but so many other things just trigger those tears...Mom's Handicapped Parking Permit dated 01-30-2015; when we got that, she said she would never live until it expired. Her hot pink shower ball, had fallen to the floor of the shower...found it when we got back around 3AM. And at the table tonight...my sister or niece had placed back a dining chair, that hasn't been at the table since Mom came 5 years ago, as she would sit there in her wheelchair.

I know...only 24 hours but hurts so much more than I had ever considered.

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Surviving the Death of a Parent (as an adult) [View all] DeadLetterOffice Jul 2014 OP

Thank you for this, DLO... Flaxbee Dec 2014 #1

i'm sorry to hear about your mom orleans Dec 2014 #2

Thinking of you... DeadLetterOffice Jan 2015 #9

My dear, dear Mom...passed away last night. SoapBox Jan 2015 #3

I'm so sorry SoapBox DeadLetterOffice Jan 2015 #4

DLO... SoapBox Jan 2015 #5

Landmines abound in the first days, weeks, & months. DeadLetterOffice Jan 2015 #6

There is so much to do... SoapBox Jan 2015 #7

The empty space is SO noticable, it's like a constant poke. DeadLetterOffice Jan 2015 #8