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Mothers Day Is Not Happy For Everyone💝

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@SandySparkles 

 

This is truly lovely and thank you for posting this! 

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I was just thinking about this. There are women that made choices about their babies and I know that they think about them on this day.

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@SandySparkles 

 

So nice to see you and your post again !!!

 

Short story:  Growing up my parents did the best they could but their attention ( thank Heaven ! ) was directed at my younger twin sisters.  I excelled at school because that was where my support was...ironic because there I was Italian in an all-Irish school at a time when small town ethnicity was rampant !

 

Anyway last Winter when my best friend from college was visiting in FL, as she and I were reminiscing about growing up, she happened to say " I never understood why your parents were so cold to you. "


I never gave it a thought until then but she was right.  Knowing nothing else, I thought it was normal. 

Last summer I lost a close nun friend who had read different documents I wrote and submitted to my college for various projects.  She knew more about me than anyone besides my favorite aunt...

 

When I said I really never understood families when I was in college and got to know how my friends lived, she totally understood.  Grace prevented me from becoming a bitter person.

 

Mothers come in all sizes, shapes, relationships by blood or friendship.  I am thankful to have had a precious few in my life.

 

My niece's email this AM attests to my being like a Mother to her.

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I'm not a mother due to health issues when I was just into my 20s. It's something I always wanted to be, even ahead of wanting to be a fairy princess! It's difficult for me but I try to remember that everything has a reason and I believe my story was written way before I came along. I think the most difficult thing would be to lose a child, so I try to think of things that would be worse than never having one at all. Wishing a very happy day to all the mothers.

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@jlkz  What a beautiful post. God Bless

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I would give just about anything to have my Mother here for just one more hour. She is missed.

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Thank you so much for your post.  My mother is passed and my only daughter just passed on April 2nd at 48 years old.  It is a sad day for me but your post helps others understand that it is not happy for everyone.  Thank you for helping make other understand.

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@udc wrote:

Thank you so much for your post.  My mother is passed and my only daughter just passed on April 2nd at 48 years old.  It is a sad day for me but your post helps others understand that it is not happy for everyone.  Thank you for helping make other understand.


@udc - So very sorry for your recent loss of your daughter.  May happy memories of your mom and daughter comfort you today.

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@SandySparkles - thank you for this beautiful, touching post. So true it is not a happy day for everyone.

 

Definitely a sad day for me. I lost my mom on Mother's Day 1977.  It's been a lifetime without her and no matter how much time passes, it doesn't get easier.