Originally posted by Karen
There's nothing I could buy my mom, she died almost 5 years ago from ALS. It's not like I could forget her, I AM her daughter in many ways. I feel badly for other people whose mothers are either gone, or who were tragically bad at being mothers. People who never had a real mom. Women who have struggled tearfully, unsuccesfully for years to be moms. People still struggling against destructive family relationships - how must they all feel? Worse than me, I'm sure.
Yes, I also lost my mom less than three years ago to Alzheimers - Lori (Jazzcat) just lost hers one week ago - my three married and left all within the past two years and quickly emptied my nest - so I also feel some sadness at this time. But, I guess we can still honor the concept of motherhood and still mourn at the same time, right? I don't like the commercial BUY! BUY! either. This holiday is always bitter-sweet, as is life I suppose.