Bury

It has been quite a while since I have participated in a FMF link-up. I just haven't been inspired to write anything

This week's prompt is: Bury

Saying goodbye to and burying my mom over 15 years ago was the hardest thing I ever had to do. 

During the last 5 weeks of her life, she was in the hospital, dealing with pneumonia. There was a period of a week or so where she was getting better, but her health went downhill again, and the doctors said she wouldn't get better again.

We prepared for the inevitable and said our goodbyes.

Family, friends, and neighbors came to the wake, the funeral, or to our house for more goodbyes, and for support.

We had to bury her right before Thanksgiving, which made the holidays so hard that year. During Christmas time, I didn't want any presents, I didn't want to put up the tree or decorations, I didn't want to listen to any Christmas music, I just didn't want to celebrate.

Things don't hurt as much now, but there is a bittersweet side to any event that happens, that I want to talk to my mom about, or that I wish she could be here for.

I know she's not suffering anymore, and that I will see her again one day, but I wish she was still here on earth, that I could still talk to her face to face, to have her physical presence here, her love.

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