Linda336

@Linda336 (15)

United States • Age 80

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Dealing with the death of a member in the family

Linda336 @Linda336 (15) • United States 29 Aug 08

My Mother passed away 12 years ago in my arms on August 31st at 11:45 p.m. It was both a painful experience because it felt so "forever" and yet it was also a beautiful experience because I actually saw her leave her body and knew...

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Linda336 Thank you for sharing with me about being at your mother's bedside and singing. It helps me to remember that as I held her close to me I would say to her intermittently, "Look for the light, Mom. Look for the light--and when you see it go to it! It will be...

29 Aug 08

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Dealing with the death of a member in the family

Linda336 @Linda336 (15) • United States 29 Aug 08

My Mother passed away 12 years ago in my arms on August 31st at 11:45 p.m. It was both a painful experience because it felt so "forever" and yet it was also a beautiful experience because I actually saw her leave her body and knew...

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Linda336 You are wonderful to pass such a sincere thing along to me. I have copied your poem because I love it. You have lifted me up and I, too, have been told that my Mother lives on through me. For my brother, it was harder when our father died than when our mother...

29 Aug 08

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Dealing with the death of a member in the family

Linda336 @Linda336 (15) • United States 29 Aug 08

My Mother passed away 12 years ago in my arms on August 31st at 11:45 p.m. It was both a painful experience because it felt so "forever" and yet it was also a beautiful experience because I actually saw her leave her body and knew...

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Linda336 Please let me thank you for your response. It was so very right on and tender. I have lost many people in a short time as well. First my Mother, 3 months later my Aunt, then 2 months later my best friend, then 3 months later my husband and I separated. It was...

29 Aug 08

Dealing with the death of a member in the family

Linda336 @Linda336 (15) • United States 29 Aug 08

My Mother passed away 12 years ago in my arms on August 31st at 11:45 p.m. It was both a painful experience because it felt so "forever" and yet it was also a beautiful experience because I actually saw her leave her body and knew...

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Linda336 Thank you for responding. It helps. I understand, too, how hard it is when you cannot attend their funerals. I have had that happen, too. But i thi8nk they know you love them and would have been there. I think they love you, too, for praying for them, too. You...

29 Aug 08

Dealing with the death of a member in the family

Linda336 @Linda336 (15) • United States 29 Aug 08

My Mother passed away 12 years ago in my arms on August 31st at 11:45 p.m. It was both a painful experience because it felt so "forever" and yet it was also a beautiful experience because I actually saw her leave her body and knew...

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3 people

Linda336 Thank you so much for your response. It has helped to remind me that I am not the only one who has dealt with this and that you are right, she is staying with me in spirit. I am sorry also, that you had to go through the loss of your Mother. Sometimes I need...

29 Aug 08

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