First Mother's day w/o mom, how did you spend it?

[newholiday]

Fathers Day is a toughie for me.
Dad died 10yrs ago this coming July.

 

[snuggles]

On our first Father's Day w/o daddy we went to the beach so that we could celebrate with my dh and not have the sadness hanging over us (I'm an only so us is me, my kids and my dh) that would be there if we stayed home. Maybe you could find something to do that day that would be fun and less stressful. Big hugs... Loosing a parent is awful.

 

[Magix]

I lost my mom to cancer in January and plan to just totally ignore Mother's Day. I'll approach it like it's just any other day - which it is, really.

 

[poohbears5]

I spent the day remebering what a special friend and mother I lost and planting rose bushes in my garden because she loved her rose bushes .

 

[Robinrs]

I will celebrate my second Mother's day without my beloved mother this year AND my second Father's Day without my precious Dad.

I recently started working at a senior living center last month and I now have 20 adopted Mommies and 3 adopted Daddies! They just warm my heart. Everyday I sit with them and absorb their wisdom and caring. I need them as much as they need me. It so helps me to heal.

Last year was horrendous... this year I will spend it in good thoughts and at the Mother's Day dinner with my new family. Yes, it's hard but each year I will try just a little harder to make it better.

I hope you will be okay. Like everyone said, cry a little, be sad, you're human.

And you MISS your Mommy. It's the most normal, natural feeling in the world.

God bless,

Robinrs

 

[Beastlover]

I have had a few without my mom--she has Alzheimer's and doesn't know anybody anymore. I really miss her, I SEE her, but she is not there.

 

[Mskanga]

Originally posted by Beastlover
I have had a few without my mom--she has Alzheimer's and doesn't know anybody anymore. I really miss her, I SEE her, but she is not there.

I know exactly what you mean, I'm on the same boat.

 

[ripleysmom]

This will be the first Mother's Day without my mom too. I don't think it will be that much harder for me than any other day. I miss just being able to pick up the phone to tell her something.

 

[Cruise04]

I miss just being able to pick up the phone to tell her something.

That is the part that I have an extremely hard time with too - even after 18 months of her being gone. We are finishing our basement and each time something exciting happens I miss not being able to call her and tell her. When our cat does something that she would just crack up about - I miss not being able to call her and make her laugh. Although I know she already sees these things, it's still hard.

 

[MosMom]

This isn't about my mother but when my SIL died (who was a mother), we planted a tree on Mother's Day. It cheered us up to go and pick out a nice tree and then come home to plant it. It kept her in our thoughts and made the day positive.