Mothers tend to be pivotal. Everyone I know who lost their mom says it isn't the same, ever. Lost my mom six years ago and I miss her every single day. I cry a little at least once a week. And as a mother myself, I take good care of myself because I know my child needs me and will need me and I want to be there.

When I lost my mother (almost 3 years ago already), I lost one of the few people I could talk to about almost anything. I still dream about her, I still hear about and see things I wish I could share with her. She was literally the first person I ever met and I had her in my life until I was 63 years old, fortunate for me, but tough going forward. 😞

At least most of us only have one mother... I never want to go through the loss of my mother again.

As far as losses go, it's interesting that you picked out the death of a mother over that of virtually every other relative that many of us have more than one of.

I've lost every relative on the family tree. Grandparents, Parents, children, siblings, nephews, neices, cousins, aunts & uncles and losing my mother hit the hardest. We think that our mothers are supposed to live forever.

My friend’s mom died some years ago.. you'll survive but you'll miss her a lot..

An unexpected twist to my parents having died is that I feel a great sense of relief that I never have to experience those losses again.