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mopinko

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Sun May 14, 2017, 11:20 PM May 2017

a shout to moms who are missing their kids today.

to mother's who are grieving the empty space, the phone that didnt ring, the scent of flowers that are not there.
for whatever reason, to those whose children are physically gone,
i dont think there is a deeper gully in the world like that of a mother who has buried a child. not a darker place. a hole in the heart that never fully heals.

and to those who are estranged from your kids, for whatever reason, i join you in wishing this day would be over already.
especially if you were hoping the phone might ring, but it didnt.

sadly mom's are made of clay, like everyone else.
marriage and family are incredibly complex. shit runs down hill. and in many families mom is the bottom of the hill.
i suspect my generation, when women finally had choices, those of us that chose motherhood in a big way were pretty torn about it. i know i was.
but there are a million reasons why we fall out as families.
the hole is deep.
and there is distance.
and there is illness.
and there is slipping away.



peace and love to all momma's w a hole in their life.

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a shout to moms who are missing their kids today. (Original Post) mopinko May 2017 OP
Very moving cilla4progress May 2017 #1

cilla4progress

(24,589 posts)
1. Very moving
Mon May 15, 2017, 12:23 AM
May 2017

I'm fortunate in that my nuclear family though small is strong. I did strongly miss our 24 year old daughter today who has gone out into the world to Bozeman MT and who for the first time has found a tribe.

I shed not a few tears today of missing and being lonely for her. Was glad to hear briefly from her. Am eternally grateful for our closeness and hope to someday be invited by her to move close by.

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