The first thing I want to do is reach through the computer and give you a big hug.
I'm very close to my mother, too, and fortunately still have her. I realized the other day that I am just a year and a half away from the age my mother was when my grandmother died. I'm not ready to lose my mother.
However, it is my dad who is fighting and losing the battle of Alzheimer's, one of the reasons I'm writing this reply in my parent's dining room instead of at my home 500 miles away. I will go home tomorrow and make this drive again in less than 2 weeks. But I do it for the love of my mother. She needs help caring for him and the house and cannot do it all herself. I do it to protect her... from herself, her pride, her solitude. She and I have been through a lot in life, and she is my rock--it's only fair that I try to be hers.
I'm so sorry you have lost your mom. She is still with you in spirit--and in the wonderful daughter she's raised (and yes, I can see that from your writing). *hugs*
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I'm very close to my mother, too, and fortunately still have her. I realized the other day that I am just a year and a half away from the age my mother was when my grandmother died. I'm not ready to lose my mother.
However, it is my dad who is fighting and losing the battle of Alzheimer's, one of the reasons I'm writing this reply in my parent's dining room instead of at my home 500 miles away. I will go home tomorrow and make this drive again in less than 2 weeks. But I do it for the love of my mother. She needs help caring for him and the house and cannot do it all herself. I do it to protect her... from herself, her pride, her solitude. She and I have been through a lot in life, and she is my rock--it's only fair that I try to be hers.
I'm so sorry you have lost your mom. She is still with you in spirit--and in the wonderful daughter she's raised (and yes, I can see that from your writing). *hugs*