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Dad Passed Away - We Really Need to Get Mom to Move
Dad Passed Away – We Really Need to Get Mom to Move
I have started this blog several times over the last couple of years, but have never found quite the right words.  So here goes again -
One of the hardest life events is to have your father pass away.  As an adult child, you quickly find yourself becoming very protective of your mother.  You want to do things to help her through this tough time, to ease or even shield her from the pain you can see in her face and in her every action.  A common response is to try to get her to move, perhaps to be closer to you, but definitely to get her away from the house that they shared for so many years.  After all, all those constant reminders would renew the pain again and again, right?  And besides, you know she needs to move on with her life, and a physical move would symbolically and physically start that process.  You can’t imagine she really wants to stay there alone with those memories haunting and constantly causing new pain.
My Dad passed away in 1995, and that pretty much describes my sibling’s and my reaction and thought ... more

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