Sorry but I'm having a bad day and I just need to let it out. Â I woke up feeling like I've had no sleep and really down. Â Mum's been bad this week - a lot of pain and, I think, sliding into depression - so I'm in overdrive on worrying about her. Â My sister is with her today so I don't need to go round to see mum although I probably will drop round later. Â I thought I would throw myself into cleaning the house so make myself busy and then I'd start to feel better. Â My fatal mistake was asking my 18 year old daughter to help. Â She had a major strop. Â I tried to keep calm as I realise that she is worrying about my mum too but it was hard. Â I tried to talk to her but she just got worse and worse so I gave up. Â Then my husband made sarcastic comments about it all - again he is worrying and his mum is also not well - so I am still trying to keep a lid on it. Â But I feel even worse now. Â I'm now sitting on the sofa in my pyjama's watching old episodes of Grey's Anatomy without the will to do anything else. Â I just keep crying and feel so very very sad.Â
im going to live today. I feel its the only way to honour mum, by living. Ive slept in by mistake, i will miss the church service, so instead i will be in the garden, in the sunshine, with mums bench. My brothers and my card will be there and im going to hang the new prayer flags. Today i will live and honour her and all the other mums who have passed and their dear sweet children who miss them, especially on this day. There will be tears but i will live this day.
All the fighting talk has gone. Im a mess. Cards and flowers placed. Now for a walk on the moors - i can scream into the wind! Although dogs may be spooked by lunatic owner! X
Like Yantibee,
Love and thoughts with you all today. Your mum is still your mum.
Big hugs xxxx
Take a deep breath ... then on with the day.
I have a dear friend who is more like a daughter. I was her childminder when she was 3. When she found out she was pregnant she said her baby would have 3 Grandmas. I received a beautiful card from her & Gracie who's 6. Gracie calls me Nanna Sue & she wrote the card. It's meant the world to me today.Â
Sarah, Gracie's Mum, said she knew I'd be really missing my Darling Mum today so made sure my card arrived in time.Â
Hugs to all of us Mum's, Daughters, Husbands, Partners who are the sum blessings of all the Mums who've gone before us.
Sue xx
Sue that's beautiful.Â
Maisiemae scream run skip shout. ..
Hug
Jx
I went to the crematorium and took daffodils. My brother was there. Â We had a long conversation about mum and he obviously regrets not coming to see her as much as he could have. Â I think he is giving himself a hard time over it. Â I have forgiven him but not enough to tell him it was ok. Â Am I mean to want him to suffer a bit more? Â I do love my brothers and sisters and I have forgiven them completely but a small part of me wants them to feel guilty forever. Not GS obviously as there is nothing to forgive with her. Â
It's been a shitty day and I've cried on and off. Â Just feel so very sad and miss her so much. Â We would have spent the whole day together normally.
Hugs to everyone today because I know that you are all missing your mums, wives, daughters as much as I miss my mum.Â
Happy Mothers Day mum. Â I love you.
X
Elenium
Hi all, hope you managed to get through yesterday, another difficult anniversary. My boys spent the large part of the day together enjoying the beautiful sun sent by their mum from up high , me? I was working at the restaurant in the dining room floor with all the mothers been taken out and pampered on their special day which gave mixed emotions I must admit but made me realise as others have said how important our mothers are and how special they are , I cannot imagine my life without my mum, she is 75 and thankfully in good health but I know how special my Jill was to our boys and I see how much they miss her and how much they love her still as she does them.
Your mums will have been right by your sides yesterday holding your hands as you tried to get through a painful day filled with happy and sad memories, you all did so much for them and I am sure they love you even more for all you did if that was possibleÂ
Take care my community friends, I hope today is a better day on the path we all find ourselves on Â
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