Outward appearance

I lost my Mum to breast cancer in Feb last year. For 6 years she was like a warrior and so positive. For those 6 years we all followed her lead and took care of her and each other. On an afternoon in February Dad called me from their consultants appt and told me it was now palliative care. It was my daughters birthday that day. Two weeks later my beautiful mum died, it was so fast. It’s now 17 mths on and I feel like I’m going backwards. I feel a physical ache for my mother and can’t even talk about her without fighting back tears. I fill my time because quiet time is just to hard as all I think about is how much I miss her.

I am adept at persona and I don’t think anyone can see just how broken I feel without her. I don’t even really know what I want from posting this message but it’s helped just to say it. 

  • Hi there... so sorry you lost your mum to breast cancer, I'm also on that journey ... 

    Your mum sure held on in there ...  oh my she must have loved you so much to want to be with you and made it a fare ol way ...unfortunately every one grieves differently .. there's no rules, there's no right or wrong way ... some people start grieving even before the loose a loved one... others strait after... others, months, years down the line ... there's no easy way through having those feelings... you need to go through each one .. it's your brain trying to make sense of things, when there is none ...

    I still miss my mum and it's nearly 30 years on .. but you do learn to live with missing them ..try and remember your mum before cancer, keep remembering those good memories coz those last ones were just a miny part of her life ... the well one was a huge part, and I know which part of my life I want my loved ones to remember ..  so you go with those feelings, they are normal ... then think what your mum would want you to do ... take her along life's journey with you, tucked up snuggly in your heart .. no one can ever take that away ... and remember she lives in you, you are a part of her , she made you ... 

    Sending you a big hug Chrissie

  • Thank you Chrissie,

    I think I have forgotten to remember our life together as Mother and daughter before Cancer became a presence. 

    I try to remind myself that wherever I go in life, in the world she is part of me, my DNA is half of her so we are forever connected.

    I hope that you are doing well Chrissie and thank you for taking the time to be so very kind ️