Missing my Mum

i’m not too sure what i’m doing with this, nor why - but i just thought it could help me? call me crazy hahah. 

7 years ago i lost my mum to a brain tumour, i was age 9 at the time, and she’d battled it for 8 years. i think i’m mainly just struggling with her not being here, and feeling like i’m missing out on so much. i see my friends everyday with their mums, doing everything i could only dream of having and doing, and thinking about the future and all the other things both i, and she, will miss out on. i long for the late night cuddles and conversations, car rides and everything else. and i can’t help but feel guilty that i wasted what time i did have with her buy not fully understanding the situation. 

im not sure why i came to here, maybe i’m just looking for some advice or maybe i just wanted to get it out in the open. 

ALSO don’t get me wrong there are days where i’m not troubled with feeling like this - i’ve learnt to be happy, and to cope, but sometimes i’d rather just cuddle into a ball and have some advice about it all

  • Dear Maddie,

    What you are feeling is completely normal, I lost my mum a year ago and like you most of the time I can be happy and it doesn’t trouble me as much as it did but I completely understand the longing for a mother and those wonderful things you describe!! Please don’t feel guilt about wasting that time it was defiently not wasted at all and you still have all those memories from when you were younger. However even though it’s been quite a long time since you lost your mum it’s still always okay and quite normal to have times when you feel wretched and so so sad. I am not sure what advice I can give you but keep enjoying life as that is what your mother would have wanted and as painful as it is to see your friends with theirs mums remeber that there are lots and lots of other people just like you and I

    You sound like a wonderful person and I am sure your mother is looking down on you and always there as the angel on your shoulder as cliché as that sounds.