mothers day is coming and I want my mum

[2shoes]

my mum died whan i was 18 and mothers day makes me feel so sad as I run arround getting a pressie and card for mil but not my mum.
so I am going to put her photo on my profile.

ahh 2 shoes, big hug. my dad died when I was 12, so I know what you mean. Buy some flowers and put them in a nice varse and think of her, be happy with the good times you had.

My mum died when I was 27, over 10 years ago and this time of year always makes me sad. I want my mum as well....

2shoes - so sorry to hear that. Is there a way you can do something for yourself but sort of in honour of your Mum on Mothers Day? Maybe something you know she would have liked - play her favourite music, or buy yourself some beautiful flowers?

sounds silly but just mentioning her on here helps.

ahhh to all missing mums and grans and sisters and aunties. We love and miss them all.

2shoes, let your family and children know why you may be sad so they can understand a little of how you feel and know that you had a mum too.

Christmas is always a bad for me and this year I explaind to my dds why i get upset. It helped me and them and I feel much more positive about next Christmas than I have in long time.

2shoes I know what you mean about mentioning it on mumsnet. I have posted on my mums birthday for the last 2 years.

oh they know. i make sure they know all about her. as I have a stepmum I feel it is even more important. ds knows that step mum is his nan but not my mum iynwim

Same as wotzsaname my Dad died so I know it's tough, [hugs]

booge

My Mum died 3 years ago when I was 25. I completley sympathise with how you feel. Its the same for me at Christmas and birthdays. However this is my first Mother's Day as a Mum and so I am trying to focus on it from that way round. Lovely idea about a photo on your profile. Its a great photo - she looks very proud of you. I always feel like I am prolonging my Mum's impact when I show people her picture or talk about her. I do not have any digital pictures of my Mum but her name was Anne and I just want to say she was so much fun, so generous, so interesting to be with and she fought her illness so bravely - actually turning into a life enhancing experience. I miss her and would love just one more hour of her.

ArtichokeTagine you have half full instead of half empty attitude to life that is great.

2shoes lovely picture of you both.

I know how you feel my dad died when I was 15 and my mum died when I was 22 anniveraries, mother's day, fathers day and Birthdays are incredibly hard. I'm going to take dd and ds to the crematorium tommorrow and tell dd all about them to keep their memory alive.

2shoes what a lovely photo
I miss my mum too - she died 15 years ago which means I'm approaching a time when I've been without her longer than I had with her which is making me v The anniversary of her death always falls very close to (or even on) Mother's Day. I feel very sad that she isn't here to be a Granny and try hard to ensure my lo's know that although they have my step-mother as a grandmother, they had another Granny too who would've loved them very much.