What Are You Thinking? Continued 14

[Wand3rlust]

Everyone is so far away.

Or are they really really small?...

#deepthoughts.

 

[LaisDeMarieDeFrance]

With that many feet, is it full of socks?

Crunchy socks.

 

[ericalauren]

Overheard at Panera the other day: "isn't it weird that we all come from sperm?"

 

[Sexy_Singer]

Waiting for Friday.

 

[LaisDeMarieDeFrance]

Waiting for Friday.

Today felt like three days combined.

 

[Xerxes82]

I WANT.

 

[Sexy_Singer]

Today felt like three days combined.

 

[Photog1rl]

Watching your parents and your friends' parents get old and pass away sucks! There is really no comfort for losing a parent. You know it will happen but that doesn't make it any easier.

 

[MedicalMuse]

Watching your parents and your friends' parents get old and pass away sucks! There is really no comfort for losing a parent. You know it will happen but that doesn't make it any easier.

True that

 

[Photog1rl]

True that

Thanks Muse.

 

[cheekygirl75]

Watching your parents and your friends' parents get old and pass away sucks! There is really no comfort for losing a parent. You know it will happen but that doesn't make it any easier.

Seriously true

 

[Photog1rl]

Seriously true

So many of us are going through it.
right back to you.

 

[MedicalMuse]

Thanks Muse.

I’m sorry. It’s not easy. It’s been 7 and 5 years and I still catch myself thinking about calling them. Especially my mom.

 

[Ratchetman1982]

I refuse to delete my dad's last voicemail to me. And it's been over 15 years

 

[MedicalMuse]

I refuse to delete my dad's last voicemail to me. And it's been over 15 years

I have a voice message from my dad saved. It’s weird to think that’s what I have left

 

[Ratchetman1982]

I have a voice message from my dad saved. It’s weird to think that’s what I have left

Keeping their things is one thing. Hearing their voice is something else

 

[MedicalMuse]

Keeping their things is one thing. Hearing their voice is something else

It really is. The weird thing? I found it when I was landing to go to my brother’s funeral
I was actually looking for an old voicemail from him, and ended up finding one from my dad instead.

 

[Ratchetman1982]

It really is. The weird thing? I found it when I was landing to go to my brother’s funeral
I was actually looking for an old voicemail from him, and ended up finding one from my dad instead.

Cherish it

 

[cheekygirl75]

I’m in the “it’s hard seeing them get old” part right now. It’s hard dealing with the cognitive decline & the insistence to do things that are now dangerous for them (ahem, him, my dad specifically).

 

[Photog1rl]

I’m sorry. It’s not easy. It’s been 7 and 5 years and I still catch myself thinking about calling them. Especially my mom.

Oh Muse, I'm holding space for those losses.
I tried to shove down so many of the feelings associated with my dad passing but I have his music and it is such a painful blessing.

 

[MedicalMuse]

Oh Muse, I'm holding space for those losses.
I tried to shove down so many of the feelings associated with my dad passing but I have his music and it is such a painful blessing.

It gets softer. It’s just hard on the big days.
You always want to share with your parents.

 

[Photog1rl]

I’m in the “it’s hard seeing them get old” part right now. It’s hard dealing with the cognitive decline & the insistence to do things that are now dangerous for them (ahem, him, my dad specifically).

I so get this! I will hold space for you as well. Space to grieve and process and scream into the void if needed.
My dad passed in February but we had a very complicated relationship. There is huge loss there but I already has dealt with the loss of him in my life so his passing just made it permanent.
I've been fortunate enough to have in-laws that are both parents and friends. After 33 years of marriage I love them like my own parents. We just finished a two week visit and my father-in-law is in steady decline perhaps with some dementia and my mother in-law is trying to carry the burden. They are fairly isolated and I really worry about both of them. I hate that they are so far away and don't know what the future looks like for them.

 

[haha_on_me]

I feel for you all, my parents have long passed, and I still expect to see them pulling in my drive.
With me just turning 64, and sick for the first half of the year, my kids are coming to the realization that I won't be around forever. Ok, I'm realizing it too.
I have been building collections of things I've had, toys, books, family pictures and Bibles, that the kids will be able to look at, hold, and know why each item was important. Things are cataloged and labeled. It helps me more than them, I think.

 

[cheekygirl75]

I so get this! I will hold space for you as well. Space to grieve and process and scream into the void if needed.
My dad passed in February but we had a very complicated relationship. There is huge loss there but I already has dealt with the loss of him in my life so his passing just made it permanent.
I've been fortunate enough to have in-laws that are both parents and friends. After 33 years of marriage I love them like my own parents. We just finished a two week visit and my father-in-law is in steady decline perhaps with some dementia and my mother in-law is trying to carry the burden. They are fairly isolated and I really worry about both of them. I hate that they are so far away and don't know what the future looks like for them.

 

[MedicalMuse]

I so get this! I will hold space for you as well. Space to grieve and process and scream into the void if needed.
My dad passed in February but we had a very complicated relationship. There is huge loss there but I already has dealt with the loss of him in my life so his passing just made it permanent.
I've been fortunate enough to have in-laws that are both parents and friends. After 33 years of marriage I love them like my own parents. We just finished a two week visit and my father-in-law is in steady decline perhaps with some dementia and my mother in-law is trying to carry the burden. They are fairly isolated and I really worry about both of them. I hate that they are so far away and don't know what the future looks like for them.

I love that you love your in laws
I’m sad that you have this worry.