A big Thank you and hug to all, who send me their best wishes and thoughts to my birthday. It helped so much to brighten this rather sad day for me.
Thanks to you
Hugs Monika((((((())))))
The thanks is all ours. You brighten our day with every photo and every post of yours.
Sincerely,
Eric
I totally agree with Eric.
Hope your day wasn't with bad news, to make you sad. Maybe because you hit the BIG 0??? 40??
Love ya, glad you are here!!
Each day will get a little better Monika. I know.
I agree with snow,it gets easier with time.......but we are all so glad your here with us!
Just want to say, I lost my mom last year, so know exactly how it is!
Gloria
I lost my mom to a terrible bone cancer at age 61, the only way i made it that first year was refilling one of her scripts a couple of days before she died for Ativan. Last November her sister died, and in December her husband of 20 something years died, bringing it back, going through his and her stuff lately. i don't think i will ever quit missing her.
When cleaning the other day, I came across my mother and father's wedding pictures. It's been 23 years since Daddy died, but I still sat there and cried. The missing them never goes away, though it DOES get tremendously easier. :-) :-)
My mom died in a car accident in Sept of 99. I didn't think I was going to make it, but it does get easier.
Hugs, Monika
WOW,I can't beleive how many of us have lost a parent.When my Mom died I felt like an orphan....But it does get better with time.
I agree it gets better with time. I lost my mother at age 65 in 1998...still miss her on rare occassions when I remember special moments. She was my best friend and a loving, generous mother.
Joydie
Losing ones parents or a sibling is such a painful experience. In Dec. 1999 I lost my sister who only 57 to pancreatic cancer. It is a horrible disease with no mercy. She died 2 1/2 months after being diagnosed. The pain of watching her die a little each day was almost unbearable. We celebrated her birthday and Thanksgiving in Nov and she died Dec 5. Celebrating those days was so difficult knowing that it would be the last. As painful as it was for me, I also endured the pain of my parents losing their child. It took an enormous toll on all of us. Then the following July I lost my Dad whom I was extremely close to. I miss them both so much and the pain and emptiness is ever present. I am a little better and for that I am thankful. I feel grateful that I experienced that kind of love and when one loves with all their heart, their loss is going to be that much greater. I am thankful for all my blessings and loving experiences.
I find it comforting that so many of us have gone through this. i think of my mom probably every day, dream about her often.
I think this is another reason many of us feel like "family" to each other.
I lost my MOM to cancer Dec 1 1999......I still miss her daily. It took me two years before I could go through her closet and clean it out. She was my best friend and I treasure all the years I had her. Here I go crying even now.....It does get easier, but she is always in my memories. Thanks to all of you for letting me share this with you!!
HUGS Monika!!!
I lost both my parents many years ago and it was much too soon. When my husband left me with a 1yr. old to raise alone they took us in and helped me be able to work and give her the things she needed. I couldn't have done it without them and not a day goes by that I don't miss them.
As time goes by it does get easier but there is always a part of you that is missing.
Hugs to Monika and hugs to you all. Loosing someone we really love is the sad part of life and when it happens, we just want to close our eyes and wish us back in time, before it happened and when we realize we can`t, we know we have to go on and live with the pain.
My little brother and I lost our father, when we were 3 and 5 and our mom raised us alone with the help of our grandmom, when she lived ... it is funny, because I never dream of him, but often, when I do routine work in the garden and is far away in my thoughts I suddenly remember situations with him as clearly as were it yesterday.
Two weeks ago my brother was moved to a home for permanent care. Since 1994 he started to loose braincells and he can no longer remember the present very clearly. Right now he "is" most of the time back in 1996 with his wife and son and his blue Obel parked in the garage. It is a bit scary sometimes, but it is much comfort to me, that he isn`t aware of the situation himself.