Does this happen to anyone else?

CherryHugs · ‎07-21-2014

My beloved Mom has been gone about 10 years. Sometimes I just burst into tears when thinking about her, or if something reminds me of her. Even if I am out driving and the day is gorgeous and I think about how much she would love it, Fall was her fav season. This happens randomly at times and I have wondered if this happens to others. Happens during Holidays too.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. —Helen Keller

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

@CherryHugs wrote:
My beloved Mom has been gone about 10 years. Sometimes I just burst into tears when thinking about her, or if something reminds me of her. Even if I am out driving and the day is gorgeous and I think about how much she would love it, Fall was her fav season. This happens randomly at times and I have wondered if this happens to others.

Oh yes, my mom loved to see the geese flying in formation, so sometimes when I see them it brings me to tears, and I lost her in 2003.

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Another new name Sue · ‎03-11-2010

I'm glad you shared this and know I'm not unusual. It doesn't take much to set me off. Sorry for your losses to anyone else who posts here. It's hard to miss someone so much.

I often wonder what mom would say about the current state of affairs in the world, climate change, all the shootings, the pandemic, etc.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

@CherryHugs,

Yes it does. IT seems grief comes in

unexpected waves, with a tsunami of tears, for all in my family or friends that aren't here. I've wondered too and it's comforting to see we are not alone in our tears. Though I cry too for others grief.

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

GenXmuse · ‎05-15-2016

Aww, it sure does, @CherryHugs ! My mother passed away this year and just this week the Hershey Kiss commercial came on with them playing handsbells and at the end, one of them goes, "phew" after the song. My mom used to play handbells at church and she would always get so nervous that she would mess up and when she sat back down, she'd always do that (quietly), so when this commercial aired the first time this year, I just started bawling again.

Even though it hurts, these moments are precious reminders of our love for them. ❤️💔❤️

ninjawife · ‎11-15-2011

I lost my mother 10 years ago to cancer, she was only 73. She suffered so much through her illness I was actually relieved when she died. When I remember her in better times I always smile, never cry. Same with my father who I lost 6 years ago.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@CherryHugs No, my mom has been gone 19 years and I still think about her daily. I'm constant hearing things she would love to have known and so wish I could tell her. However, I'm reconciled to the fact that she's gone, have grieved and would never burst into tears thinking about her. I guess we all react to the death of loved ones differently.

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Nonametoday · ‎03-09-2010

It is really different when you have lost a child. That is a loss one never gets over. My mother suffered so much for so long that I was relieved when I got the call that she had passed. She was on the way to yet another surgery (of which I did not approve but I was not the only child) that would not have improved her quality of life but would have prolonged the suffering of any quantity she had remaining. With a child, it's a totally different ballgame from a parent. I hope none of you ever have to suffer it, if you have not already but that is a grief that strikes at the heart in such a way that every moment one lives is not without grief or pain and in the end there is a kind of respite when the suffering comes to an end because you know where that child is from the moment she/he closes her/his eyes and the heart stops.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

This time of year the memories of my maternal grandparents are very strong, since they seemed to do so much to help others during the holidays.

Nonametoday · ‎03-09-2010

@RedTop wrote:
This time of year the memories of my maternal grandparents are very strong, since they seemed to do so much to help others during the holidays.

@RedTop

Yes, the same here. My grandparents were saints on earth and my mother was to some degree but she had not suffered all the depression, the loss of everything (not like Job but not unlike Job) and yet their aim was only to help others and heap praise on their savior for all that they had which they chose to share with others. Such righteous people.