My mum died

[StickEmWithThePointyEnd]

My brother found her last night. He's 18, she was only 57. waiting for the coroner to call today, but don't know what to do. None of us had seen or spoken to her since Thursday.

Have had to call family members and most of them have said "It was to be expected." What are we supposed to say to that? Actually it really wasn't for us. we knew she was ill, diabetes, depression and alcoholism, but it's not like we ever thought about it or planned anything. Maybe that was stupid of us, but you know she's my mum.

I'm glad you aren't going on your own. It's a really, really hard thing to do :( I'll be thinking of you x

I hope you find the cats quickly and they are OK. Do you know what are you going to do about them?

Why do I feel like I want to tell everyone? I want to shout it in the street. My mummy is dead.

My sister will take the cats for now, don't know about long term.

Probably because you don't really believe it yet :( You also need someone to hold you and look after you. You have just lost your Mummy, you need someone to hold you and tell you it will be OK :( No matter how troubled she was, she was your Mum x

It's the weirdest feeling seeing other people continue with their daily lives and you are looking at them internally screaming "don't you know????"

Take your time in decision making and if you make decisions about the funeral etc and a little bit later you change your mind then don't be afraid to tell peo

It's the weirdest feeling seeing other people continue with their daily lives and you are looking at them internally screaming "don't you know????"

Take your time in decision making and if you make decisions about the funeral etc and a little bit later you change your mind then don't be afraid to tell people.

Take care and look after yourself and let your DH look after you.

Sorry for odd double posting, the darn iTouch.... I cannot control it

So very sorry to hear this, what a terrible awful shock. I've no magical words to offer, I lost my lovely Mum in February and the pain is horrendous so I do feel for you. Try and take each day as it comes.

Can't find the cats. First time I've been in that house for a long time. She was trying so hard to make everything better for ds, so he could go and stay with her. I never believed her but I can see it in the house.

I can't remember the last time I kissed or hugged her, or even the last time I told her I loved her. I know I haven't for a long time. I was so angry with her. I used to ignore her when she texted me, and claimed I was busy or didn't have my phone on me because I didn't want to argue with her and I could never tell what would set an argument off. She annoyed me. She kept asking me to text her new photos of ds but I never did because they cost too much to send. Why couldn't I just have sent the text? Why didn't I just hug her. Like anything either of us ever did to annoy each other matters now.

She was with ds on Thursday morning, I hope she was happy, I hope it was just like falling asleep and her dad came to get her. I never understood why she was still so upset about his death even four years after it happened but I can see why now. Her dad and me had what ds and my mum had. When he died I was 18 and I didn't think I would ever feel pain like that again. But he was an old man, he had had his life. My mum didn't get to be happy much.

Oh please let her be happy now. Let her be with her dad, and the babies she lost and everyone she has ever loved and lost. Let her watch over my ds forever. He doesn't know and he wouldn't understand anyway.

When I was little she played me this song and told me that she thinks of Stephanie, one of the babies she lost before I was born, when she hears this song. She said that I am the "someone else who cares". I don't even know if she knew I have always remembered this song. It's now my song for her. My ds and dh are my someone elses. I love her so much.

Even now
When there's someone else who cares
When there's someone home whos waiting just for me
Even now I think about you as Im climbing up the stairs
And I wonder what to do so she wont see
That even now
When I know it wasn't right
And I found a better life than what we had
Even now I wakeup crying in the middle of the night
And I can't believe it still could hurt so bad

Even now when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it's still so hard without you
Even now when I come shining through
I swear I think of you
And how I wish you knew
Even now

Even now
When I never hear your name
And the world has changed so much since you been gone
Even now I still remember and the feelings still the same
And the pain inside of me goes on and on
Even now

Even now when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it's still so hard without you
Even now when I come shining through
I swear I think of you
And God I wish you knew
Some how
Even now

So very sorry for your loss stickemwiththepointyend, how terrible for you guys, its hard enough to lose someone but in them circumstances, what a shock.
Thinking of you and sending you support.

We have a thread here called losing a parent we have all lost a parent on there, mum or dad or sadly both, please come by there it is also like this thread very supportive and have helped me immensely through the last 7 months.

Take Care of your self x

The regrets are hard to bare aren't they :( 'Why didn't I do this, why did I do that, none of that matters now, I wish I had, I wish I hadn't'... it is SO hard. All you can do is try to learn from that and apply it to the people who are still here - your DH, your DS, your brother and sister in particular.

However, it sounds like you had to put boundaries in place to protect yourself and your family, both physical and emotional boundaries - so plese try not to beat yourself up, you were doing what you had to do.

It's good that your Mum was doing things to make it better for your DS, so he could go and stay and she wouldn't have if you hadn't been firm with her.

Your Mum had her issues, you did your best to balance her needs and your needs. You are young, you shouldn't have had to do all of that, she should have been looking after YOU and your B&S, she was the parent. You had a right to be angry with her, you had the right to ignore her calls/texts sometimes when you weren't up for an arguement - you did your best and you did OK. Please don't blame yourself or beat yourself up.

It sounds like your Mum had a lot of sad times in her life, but that you (& DS) were the light in it. I hope that she is happy with her Dad and the babies she lost - I am sure she will be looking out for you all now.

Oh goodness, I'm so sorry for your loss.
Remember to look after yourself; remember to eat and remember to breath.x

Hi everyone, its the OP, I've name changed as I had to reregister earlier in the year. (and I've been through a few bad phases that I'd rather forget under my old name)

I just wanted to thank you all for your support back in November, it was a great comfort to me at the time.

Everything is a little less raw now though I still feel like I'm in shock sometimes, like I have an emotional weepy stinging wound that gets poked every now and then, but I suppose that is normal.

Anyway, I am also bumping this thread just to be a little bit cheeky and ask for support with my fundraising for Diabetes UK in memory of my mum. The fundraising is a part of my DofE award, which I began a month before my mum died, so it has been a struggle to say the least to keep motivated to keep it going! If you can spare a little change, or just share the link to my just giving page, I would be ever so grateful.

The justgiving link is on my profile for anyone who is interested.

Thank you again for all your support when I really needed someone to cry on!

hi op, your fundraising sounds a great idea, well done you xxx