Mothers day painful for anyone?

[patycake56]

Yes I lost my mom 8 yrs ago this past april so Mothers day is always hard for me

[sgluckadoo]

I have essentially lost my mother to mental illness associated with dementia and breast cancer. I am also unable to have a child of my own or adopt, so it seems a bitter day to me.

It's sad that they make it so unreal hard to adopt.  In my state it is upwards of $30,000 to adopt a kid.  That's crazy.  Dementia is a horrible thing to have to go thru or to watch your family go thru.  I remember last year I worked on Mother's Day and everybody telling me Happy Mother's Day and by the end of the day it was getting on my nerves.  I don't say that to people I don't know.  You don't know their situation or what they are going thru.

It is VERY expensive and also very competitive! I always wanted to adopt, even before being told I couldn't have children and then becoming ill myself. I had no idea that being ill would prevent me from ever adopting internationally, but it does. They screen for mental and physical illness! So even if I had the money, that isn't an option. It is just a sad situation for children everywhere who don't have a parent to love them. I would gladly take half a dozen of them if I could.

[autumnsparklemom]

I am so sorry. Yes, it is painful for me - I lost my mother to breast cancer back in 2011. I do have 2 children of my own.

[countrygal88]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm blessed to still have my mom, but after years of trying it appears my husband and I cannot have children of our own. Maybe someday we will adopt. We've been married 5 years now and everyone keeps asking us when we're going to have children. It makes it really hard when we would do anything to have our own, and some old lady just thinks we're not being frisky enough and takes it upon herself to remind me I'm not getting any younger.   

[vickysue]

I lost my mom when I was in my early thirty's and two years later my youngest son, then two years after that my father.  Lost my other son in 2001, so it is hard for me. But I will go to church for Mother's day and it helps bring some peace to me. It is lonely though.

[luvh8tragedy87]

It was for my mom. She has never had a great relationship with her mom. My grandma had always been verbally/emotionally abusive towards her. It had gotten real bad over the past 2 years and they no longer speak. We had to live with her for a period of time so I got to see this first hand. She was horrible to all of us so I no longer speak to her either. I just hope my mom can take some comfort in knowing that her and I have a great relationship. I wish things could be better between her and her mother.

[CharmedPhoenix]

Yes, but not because she's gone.  I stopped doing mother's day long before she died because she was a terrible, abusive person who flat out told me I'd have to wait 'til she was gone to live the life I wanted to live 

[jkhanson]

Mother's Day this year was odd.....my Mom has just been diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer and will see the oncologist to set up chemo this week.
She is feeling ok most of the time and is a fighter!  She already battled and won against breast cancer 34 years ago!
Now, 84, it might be a tougher battle.