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Bereavement

MissMillie

(39,034 posts) Mon Oct 26, 2020, 08:55 AM Oct 2020

3+ months after losing Mom, and I'm having more good days than bad... but [View all]

Man-oh-man the weather messes with me. Cold and rainy day here, and I just feel like crawling back into bed.

Doesn't help that there's less and less daylight every day.

Soon there will be snow.

UGH!

Today I just feel like I want to hunker down all alone in some hotel room w/ 7 cartons of cigarettes, 3 cases of whiskey, a cat, and room service... and ride everything out until April.

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3+ months after losing Mom, and I'm having more good days than bad... but [View all] MissMillie Oct 2020 OP

I know that feeling so well. We are sisters in grief Walleye Oct 2020 #1

So hard to go through. My moms funeral was a year ago today. She was 91 and led a great life, Tech Oct 2020 #2

Sending hugs, and vibes for healing and peace. niyad Oct 2020 #3

In my experience, you learn to live with some griefs but never actually move past them. Siwsan Oct 2020 #4

thanks for that reminder. the last time i saw my sister, mopinko Oct 2020 #7

I lost my brother to suicide and my sister to cancer Siwsan Oct 2020 #9

it is for all of us, i think. mopinko Oct 2020 #10

Fortunately, my mother never knew about my sister's death Siwsan Oct 2020 #13

it's snowing here now. mopinko Oct 2020 #5

I understand.. luvs2sing Oct 2020 #6

i always say- grief mixed w anger is the worst. mopinko Oct 2020 #11

I expected that to happen. luvs2sing Oct 2020 #12

5 years later I still have bad days and after visitors leave the house feels extra empty. IADEMO2004 Oct 2020 #8