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My Mother's Dress and Other Lost Things

Nov 27, 2006 23:05

I spent part of Thanksgiving Evening going through closets and boxes in my dad's house. I was searching for a box, or maybe boxes of clothes that I'm sure had to be in the house.. More specifically I was looking for a dress of my mother's.

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stuff goblin, mom, dress, home, lessons, loss, dad, memory

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shawboy November 28 2006, 06:58:23 UTC

"Women who've lost their mother have a difficulty seeing themselves as "adults""

Do you know if this also applies to men who have lost their fathers?

My mom gave away a lot of dad's stuff after he died. She often kicks herself now because she realizes I could have used it. Guess she never thought I'd age.

_ninjakitty_ November 28 2006, 22:36:00 UTC

I'm very anti the concept that "Situation A will always effect a person in Ways 1 & 2". I had a hell of a time having an identity outside of "the girl who lost her mother" to a lot of my teachers for a while when I was in school and it drove me nuts when people would assume I was one way or not another because of what happened. I was more than just that one event ( ... )

ninjagirl420 November 28 2006, 17:38:53 UTC

i remember the dress. and the duck skirt.

_ninjakitty_ November 28 2006, 22:37:16 UTC

Glad to know I'm not COMPLETELY insane.. It really was more tasteful than I make it sound, wasn't it?

Funny the things that stick in your memory..