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Just having a cry over asparagus

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LawrieForShepherdsBoy · 10/03/2025 19:32

Asparagus now in shops again. This time last year my mum could still go to the supermarket with me. We ate a lot of asparagus. She’s so much worse now. My dad was dx with dementia too since then. They are both well looked after but seeing asparagus in co-op just now has done me in.

I’ll apologise in advance- I know I’ll go silent and not return to this thread. I’m just in car trying to pull myself together before I go home.

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Dearover · 10/03/2025 19:42

I get this. My mum bakes almost every day. On Tuesday she forgot to take her cakes out of the oven. Dad had gone out for a few hours & they were black when he came in.

I'm so sorry

CMOTDibbler · 10/03/2025 19:41

I can offer nothing but virtual hugs and understanding. Be kind to yourself

IKnowASecret · 10/03/2025 19:39

Grief hits when you least expect it, absolutely often with small otherwise 'inconsequential' things that make us see how things have changed or spark a memory. Hugs xxx

LawrieForShepherdsBoy · 10/03/2025 19:37

it’s so stupid isn’t it. Such a small thing. My mum was an amazing cook.

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CaptainMyCaptain · 10/03/2025 19:36

It's things like that that take you by surprise. You have my sympathy.