I am an orphan.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

My mom's been gone 45 years and dad 10, I know well the feeling of being an orphan.

I try to think of myself as just having parents who are invisible now. They are still my parents and loved very much after all.

[lizbud]

Great thread. Reading all these experiences have stirred up a lot of old
memories for me too.

The idea of being an orphan didn't occur to me till years after my Mom
died. My Dad died years before Mom did. I really didn't get to know my
Dad because he was seldom around. The one thing I remember about him
was that he fought in Golden Gloves boxing tournament & he always
watched boxing on TV. Dad actually taught me how to box.

[RICHARD]

There is a time where we want to pick up the phone or drive over to see the folks, then go......

I can't.

But you keep them in your heart and they are always there to answer even the hardest problem.

I find that when I am bothered by a problem I stop and ask out loud-I have to be careful because it happens when I am outside and wonder about the neighbors lurking around- and I know I won't get an answer back, but in my heart and head something clatters around and I get an answer.

It may not be a direct answer from mom or dad-it's all their hard work in helping us grow up that must be voice we hear.


And in the end?

I will be doing something that makes me think about one or the other and I start to laugh. I know what they would do in that situation.

And I just have to go along with that. After all, the more we try to separate ourselves from them, the more we follow their lead.

Now I just have to learn to like beets!