Community Chat

[sissel]

I didn't cry when my Dad & Mom died, guess getting the funeral arrangements made, seeing people I haven't seen in years but about 4 weeks after DH was back to work, DD back in school and I was home alone and all of a sudden I let it all out. So I told my brother how weird it was to wait that long & he said the same thing happened to him. Just needed my alone time.

[bonnielu]

Lost my father at a young age.  Then lost my mother. All my uncles and aunts are now gone, all 10 of them.  I have my wonderful memories of my childhood and beyond.  I still shed a tear or two.  I figure they are alive in me and I must move on

[chrystaltree]

I don't think we have a reserve of tears that we can exhaust.  Some people are cryers, some aren't.  Some of do our crying in private.  I'm in that category; I loved my parents dearly.  I still feel the loss of my mom everyday.  I did not shed a tear at either of their wakes or funerals.  I'm sure some people thought that was odd.  But I'm a native Bostonian with roots that go back to the 1700's on both sides and we tend to be reserved and very private.  No one can say how Lee really felt but I suspect she shed her tears privately when her child was diagnosed and when he got sicker and sicker.  He didn't pass away unexpectedly, his passing was not a shock.  She was prepared for it. 

[wilma]

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@muttmom wrote:

I wish I were all cried out. 

People show emotions in different ways.  I've always been a sobber.

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@muttmom

Same here. Lots of things make me cry. 

[mousiegirl]

I would not be cried out if it concerned my child, but after that, I don't think anything could make me cry.

[asoutherngirl]

I am so sorry that circumstances in your life have brought you to the place where you are.  I have been there.  I don't know your particular situation, but know that you will be in my thoughts and prayers.