<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Really sorry to hear that, John. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">My experience is that you don't get over it, ever. You just keep on. My Dad died in '59 and Mama in '81 and I still miss them every day. But it's not a sad thing. bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 7:50 AM MB via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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On Sun, December 19, 2021 16:21, John Grigg via extropy-chat wrote:<br>
> My mother died a week ago, and I am grieving. And so If I may ask, how did<br>
> those of you who have lost your mothers deal with it?<br>
><br>
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Much sympathy on your loss, John. I'm sure you'll find there are *many*<br>
things you wish you'd asked her but now is too late. That was one of my<br>
discoveries. And the questions are not necessarily the kind of things a<br>
person would write down in a memoir, but other odd questions that now will<br>
never have answers.<br>
<br>
I think I am now the oldest of my blood-kin. Parents and siblings are<br>
gone. That's a strange feeling, for me. I don't feel like "an old one"<br>
or "a wise one"... more like a remnant that will be swept away soon, one<br>
that has about outlived its time.<br>
<br>
If you are able, stay in touch with your brother, and whatever you can do<br>
to help him in this situation, offer to do it. Sometimes even at a<br>
distance help can be given.<br>
<br>
We can hope your mom found the afterlife she hoped for.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
MB<br>
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