Heaven gets a new angel - A Year has Past

[RusTy/SE]

Sorry for your loss Alan

[anlauto]

Well another sad milestone...We knew this day would come sooner or later....but it doesn't make it any happier....After an intense several weeks of cleaning out 60 years worth of "stuff" from my Mom's house, it's being listed for sale this month, sign went up today....

I was brought home from the hospital to this house and never left until I got married....lots of memories there

[BIGSHCLUNK]

 

[Brads70]

Been there , never easy or pleasant ..... Hopefully your family is "all on the same page" otherwise hell ensues.

[anlauto]

Been there , never easy or pleasant ..... Hopefully your family is "all on the same page" otherwise hell ensues.

Yea, thanks Brad...so far it seems pretty good....there are four of five siblings remaining right now and we haven't come to fists fights yet... We along with our spouses and the ten grandkids, their spouses and  four great grandkids have all gone through the house, picked out what we wanted and worked together to pack everything up....I think the total was around 11 pick-up truck loads of donations, dump, and even one load of scrap metal... but we're nearing the end...I'll be back there again this week for two days or so...

[YellowThumper]

Sad for sure...
Been there several times with close family members. Bought my grandmother's home when she passed. Just to keep my (schizophrenic) father in it. His 4 siblings all demanded their "proper" piece of it.
My wife's grandfather's home was the worst. He and his father built the home in the early 1920s.

It gets easier as time goes on because your life and family take precedence now. The memories remain.

[anlauto]

Wow...I can't believe it's been a year already since my Mom has past....I can't count the amount of times I felt I needed to call and talk with her only to remember it would be long distance now  ....As they say though, things do get better with time.

So much has happened in the last twelve months...she has missed the birth of her 5th great grand child, she missed her oldest son buy his first home (at the age of 60 ) and of course we've sold our family home which my Dad built and she lived in for over 60 years...Her estate now settled without any issues.

...but as difficult as it's been, in a way, we're kinda glad she didn't have to live in this 2020 Covid-19 mess we're all going though....I can't for a second imagine what it would have been like to lose her without being able to visit with her or say goodbye.

God Speed Mom

[RUNCHARGER]

You'll always feel a piece missing when they go.

[340challconvert]

Always difficult to lose a parent
I still remember when my mom and later my dad passed.
I concentrate on the good memories that I had with my parents; helps with the emptiness.

[Mopar5]

God Bless

[jimynick]

My heart goes out to you Alan, it really does. I know what it's like to lose a parent and have to clean out their house. The memories roll out of the boxes as you pack them up and the combination of their poignantcy aided by your own sense of loss and the realization of your own mortality can be overwhelming. Know that your mom loved you and that you loved her and that's something you'll never lose.