Re: If you lost your mom at a young age, please come in

Posted by blue11


so true, losing your mom is a loss like no other. My dad is still around thank god, but it is such a different relationship you have with a father than a mother (though i do love him just as much!) I think it's the nurturing aspect, unconditional love and support. Moms (at least mine was) selfless and her children always came first. My dad was always more consumed with his own grief and loss to realize we were grieving too and still needed a parent.
I have to try and catch it - are they playing it again?

Re: If you lost your mom at a young age, please come in

Thank you for posting this. Although I am a little late with viewing, I watched the trailer and got emotional.

You all said what I have been feeling. When you meet or speak to someone else who lost their mother (young age or not) you immediately feel or have some sort of connection, a feeling of loss that only they could understand.

I lost my mother at 18 to pancreatic cancer and being young going through somehting like that, definitely made me mature and grow up a little faster. I feel I was jipped in so many ways because I lost my mom at a time that we became more then mother/daughter. We became best friends. I guess the one thing I can look back on and be thankful for is the opportunity I had to say my good bye.


I wish anyone that had to go through this, could at least have that opportunity.

Re: If you lost your mom at a young age, please come in

I totally forgot about this. I need to bookmark it so I remember to look for it.

I lost my mom the day before I turned 28. It's not that young, but too young.
She also lost her mom when she was 30. One of the saddest feelings I had was that she was the person who would have understood what I was going through.

My mom would always talk about how close she and her mom were. She and I were - close-ish sometimes. But the worst part is that at the age I was, we had finally become more like friends - and I think if she hadn't gotten sick, we would have become even closer b/c there weren't the stupid little things to get in arguments about anymore. Unfortunately, what sticks in my mind is when she told me we weren't as close as she and her mom were. It made me sad and then there was no way to change it.

I got engaged when she was in the hospital and I remember showing her pictures of dresses and venues - hoping that would be the kind of thing that would will her to get better. She told me she was afraid my godmother would have to be the one to go dress shopping with me. I told her absolutely not - SHE HAD TO. But she didn't.

I hate knowing she never got to meet her grandchildren. It's so wrong.

To all of you who have lost your mom too. I definitely feel like there is connection with others who are in this place too.