It's been 13 years...

[jpinsd]

It's been 13 years since my mom died.

I wasn't really thinking about it this year, but I guess my subconscious was; I dreamt about her this morning. In the dream she was still alive, and we were making plans to have dinner. She and my dad left to go do something, and it suddenly struck me that she shouldn't have been there because she had died. I

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[joebehrsandiego]

Jeff - Both your story and your family members' are very powerful and moving. Thanks so much for sharing them.

Both my folks have died; my dad in 1984 and my mom in 2009. It's odd ... I haven't grieved in a very long time, and don't "willfully" miss them, but I dream of and with them and talk to them fairly often that way.

I know what the night you had last night was like. Thinking good thoughts for you.

[jpinsd]

Thanks, Joe.
(hugs)

[putzmeisterbear]

Big tight hugs.

[dbear71]

I know the sadness you are talking about JP. I lost my dad in 2004 to cancer.It will be 7 years this August and I miss him so much it hurts

[jpinsd]

Thanks, Daryl.
Most of the dreams I have about her are good ones - if a bit weird. Most of the time, we know that she died, but for some reason she is back with us. We also know to never talk about- or tell her- about that time when she was dead.

I often wake up happy, until i realize it was a dream, and she's not really 'back'. Then i get blue and melancholy.

Hugs to you and Mike. Hope to see ya more this summer!

[fogbear]

*hugs*

It's been 18 years since I lost my mom, and 28 since I lost my dad, and I still dream about them frequently. It gets easier, but it never goes away.

*more hugs*

[jpinsd]

No, you are right, it never goes away. And I don't want it to, either. I want to remember.

[texwriterbear]

Thanks for sharing JP!
Big hugs!!!