It's been three years today

Canadian Joanne

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Mum died three years today and I am feeling a little melancholic. I think of her often, as she was the world to me. When I was around 22, I remember being in the car with her (her little Volkswagen Beetle that she swore would do max 78 mph with a tail wind) and telling her to promise she wouldn't die before me. Mum simply said, in a slightly exasperated tone "Oh Joanne".

We were very close, I always thought no other mother and daughter were as close as we were. We had our disagreements and arguments, of course and plenty of them, but I did hero worship her, something I only realized once Alzheimer's had its evil claws in her.

This song by Paul Simon completely sums up how I felt, and feel, about my mother.
She was always there for me.
 

Izzy

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I knew your mum’s anniversary was coming up as I remembered it was not long after Bill’s.

Love the song. Thinking of you. x
 

Grannie G

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Ah, Joanne. These are the days when it`s natural to feel melancholia.

I know you will give yourself permission to remember your mother with such feeling.
 

CWR

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Mum died three years today and I am feeling a little melancholic. I think of her often, as she was the world to me. When I was around 22, I remember being in the car with her (her little Volkswagen Beetle that she swore would do max 78 mph with a tail wind) and telling her to promise she wouldn't die before me. Mum simply said, in a slightly exasperated tone "Oh Joanne".

We were very close, I always thought no other mother and daughter were as close as we were. We had our disagreements and arguments, of course and plenty of them, but I did hero worship her, something I only realized once Alzheimer's had its evil claws in her.

This song by Paul Simon completely sums up how I felt, and feel, about my mother.
She was always there for me.
That's how I feel. Luckily mum still knew me up to the end. She would look at me and say: I couldnt love you any more or I loved you as soon as I saw you. She was the still centre of my world. Without her, there is an unfathomable void in my life.
 

jaymor

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My thoughts are with you Joanne, no anniversary is easy and doesn’t get any easier. We learn to manage better but the feeling never changes.
 

MaNaAk

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Dear Joanne,

When I was a little girl I thought dad was the strongest man in the world and he and mum were my rocks. Mum died in 2008 but I felt that she was still with me in spirit and when dad died six months ago I lost my hero and I also realised I was grieving for the two of them. There are a couple of CDs that I still can't listen to so I think you're very brave.

MaNaAk
 

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