It’s hard to believe my Mother passed on six years ago this up coming Sunday. Her loss is as real today as it was six years ago.
Shawn drove me to the cemetery yesterday. As I stood at the foot of my Mother’s grave, a crisp wind blew and as strange as it may appear I felt she was there with me. It’s hard to describe the feeling I felt.
Shawn, the children and I talk about my Mother often. She lives on in the stories that we tell about the woman with the curly hair who made us smile. Though she is not here with me, she certainly is not gone. It is true that: “Love is stronger than death.”
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Wrote: Nov 29, 2007 at 12:30 am
Rose, this was so beautiful. I’m so sorry you lost your mom. I am sure she is still with you. You made me cry! Love your writing. Take care friend.
Wrote: Nov 29, 2007 at 12:38 am
Your mother was a one of a kind. I can definitely relate with what you wrote Rose in this post. We hadn’t been to the cemetery in a few months, so today we go out there and there are leaves all over the ground and we’re thinking “how are we going to ever find the lot”?
So we drive around to where we think she is and I park the mini-van. So now you and I are looking franticly for the grave plot and we seem to be heading in the right direction (so we thought) when you notice the bishop hook (Plant Hanger) in the totally opposite direction. Sure enough it was you mom’s plot. Yet the mini-van was parked less then five feet away!
I could only think of what your mom would’ve said to me at that point which brought a smile to my face remembering all the great times we all shared.
Somehow I can’t help think that maybe your Mom was guiding us in the right direction, for if we got out of the mini-van from where we parked it and headed 5 stones straight down we would’ve been right there.
If we parked a few more feet away I don’t think we would‘ve ever found it with all the fall leaves on the ground and not to mention all the new headstones surrounding the area.
I sure do miss your mom and her corky ways, she was definitely a one of a kind that could always bring a smile or make you laugh when you needed.
Shawn DesRochers
Wrote: Nov 29, 2007 at 12:52 am
Love is indeed stronger than Death it continues to endure even after the bodies have left this world, the love and the soul of those that you love continues to linger and that type of love is something that will never fade away ((HUGS))
Wrote: Nov 29, 2007 at 11:40 am
It is the love and the memories that allow those that have gone before us to live on with us.
Wrote: Nov 29, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Beautiful writing. Our trip to Washington this past week was to basically, say goodby to my father. So your writing really hit home today.
Wrote: Nov 30, 2007 at 7:46 am
This is a very sweet rememberance of your mom.
I lost my mother four years ago last October and I know how you feel. The sting of her death is gone but the emptiness is still there.
Wrote: Nov 30, 2007 at 12:47 pm
My father died SEVEN years ago. It still sucks.