Sunday August 17th, 2003 my mom passed away.

[Hillbeans]

Well, it's now one year to the day that my mother passed away at the young age of 66 from Gallbladder Cancer. In some ways, the year has gone fast, and in others I can't even believe I haven't spoken to her for 365 days.

She wasn't sick for very long (7 weeks from diagnosis to death) however she did have a scare the fall before with a diagnosis of CHF (heart failure) which was more of a 7-10 year diagnosis.

My mom was a pretty tough cookie, the exact opposite of me. I was carefree and naive whereas she was no-nonsense. I saw the world in rainbow colors and she only saw it in Black and White. One thing I can say though is that she loved her family, my dad, my older brother and myself more than anything else in her world (well, she loved the Mets too). She first brought us to WDW when I was 7. I remember that like it was yesterday.

Her last days were very sad however we all had our chance to say our peace and tell her we loved her. Not everyone gets that chance and I am thankful that I did and was able to spend almost every day of that 7 weeks with her even if it was only for an hour after work.

Well, i'm losing it now as I write this, so i'll just wrap it up and just say that I Love you and miss you and someday we'll be together again in Heaven.

-Hillary

 

[binny]

::Hugs::

 

[geffric]

 

[tkyes]

 

[bjgrazi]

 

[disney4us2002]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my mom 12 yrs ago and there isn't a day that passes that I don't still wish I could pick up the phone and talk to her.

There really are no words....

 

[RumpleMom]

I understand, I lost my mother when she was only 66. That isn't very old these days. I do feel blessed that she was here to see both of my children born, but the youngest doesn't remember her.

 

[grinningghost]

Your mom sounds alot like my mom. I'm the rainbow color person and she's black and white too. I'm glad to hear you were able to say goodbye to her and tell her you loved her. It must have been a tough year for you.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

 

[browneyes]

, Hillary. Do something ultra special for yourself today (pedicure, spa, leisure walk through a park or something), and tell yourself it's a gift from your mom. Do something today to celebrate her life too (plant a tree, bake a cake, do something creative that you'd know she would've loved to see).

I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[snoopy]

-- what a beautiful tribute you've written for your mother. She's with you in spirit.

 

[CamColt]

 

[Hillbeans]

Thanks everyone for your nice posts. It's interesting, today I thought i'd be so upset, but i'm actually doing quite well. I find that it's not days that get me, but sometimes it's something that my son does or says and I think "boy, I wish I could call her and tell her what silly or cute thing he just did or said".

I know many of us here have lost one or both of our parents and it's comforting to have somewhere to go to talk about it.