Who else has lost a parent on here?

[DruidTM]

Sorry to read this. It’s never easy I can attest to that. I lost both parents in 2017. My Dad had glioblastoma so it was about 9 months of waiting but barring a miracle, you knew what was coming. My Mom soon afterwards started having mini strokes and died about 6 weeks after my Dad passed. It was absolutely not expected at all and even once things started I was hopeful she would still be around. I believe she was just heartbroken to be honest. I think of them every day.

 

[vikings1980]

I have lost both of my parents. My dad died in 2001, 13 days after my son was born. They never met and that still makes me sad. My mom died in 2019, months before Covid. She was 88 and would have hated the isolation that Covid brought. Both were obviously tough but the second one is harder when you no longer have a parent.

 

[wbrpanther]

Thanks.It was horrible .And a day before Mothers Day.She is back with Dad and her Mom both which she missed dearly.

Always think this way, she’s back with her love. Lost my dad when I was 17, in 1968. My mom passed in 2004. Thinking about her being with dad got me thru. May your mom rest in peace.

 

[pittmeister]

My Dad entered the portal in 2010 and my Mom May 11 this year.Heard her hit the floor from a heart attack.Nothing I could do.

So I sorry for your loss. May your Mom rest in peace in comfort of the Lord. ✝️

 

[ChazzMo]

My Dad died in March of 2020. He had turned 91 the previous November. His body had been failing him over the past 2 or 3 years, and he was pretty much unable to feel useful, alive. His kidneys were what did him in, in the end. One evening at the hospital, after the first few rounds of dialysis, I was sitting with him in his room. His eyes had been closed for a while and then he opened them and we made eye contact - meaningful eye contact, like we were communicating without words. I told him “Dad, you don’t have to do this. It’s ok if you’re ready to stop.” He nodded. We took him home, he slipped into unconsciousness 3 days later, and Mom, my 3 siblings, and me were standing around his bed when he slipped out of his body 4 days later. It was peaceful, he was surrounded with love, and he was ready.

Mom has done well and we’ll celebrate her 93rd birthday this weekend.

 

[Salempanther2015]

I lost my father two weeks ago 😢

 

[RaleighPittFan]

I lost my father two weeks ago 😢

My prayers are with you.

 

[Panther Holla]

My father succumbed to heart disease several years back before cancer could claim him. He was 89, a hoarder who left a mountain of shit for our family to handle. Before he went into a coma, he professed a desire to get better and dispose of his stuff, but he never recovered.

The day of his funeral, I took my first good look at the basement I had been in hundreds of times without ever realizing how crammed it was with his junk. My mother, very much alive, resisted our attempts to get rid of things; she was reluctant to discard anything out of respect for my dad. We still fight this battle. Mom is 98 but feisty.

My advice: love your parents while you have them. Be tolerant in their old age. When they are gone, it leaves a crater in your soul. And realize that your worldly treasures will be an albatross for your kids.

 

[upj87]

My Dad entered the portal in 2010 and my Mom May 11 this year.Heard her hit the floor from a heart attack.Nothing I could do.

So sorry for your loss. Your deserved some more years with her and your dad....I was lucky enough to have my mom until the age of 98 who remained sharp as a tack until the end but it still hurt like hell to lose her even when she was just shy of a century on earth..

 

[Black Panther]

I lost my father two weeks ago 😢

Sorry to hear that.

 

[Black Panther]

Always think this way, she’s back with her love. Lost my dad when I was 17, in 1968. My mom passed in 2004. Thinking about her being with dad got me thru. May your mom rest in peace.

Thank You!

 

[Black Panther]

That's a helpless feeling. I lost both of my parents as a child, was then adopted and then lost my adopted father as a teen. In 2020 I suffered the worst loss when I found my son in his room, he had taken his life. I tried to revive him and couldn't. Then a year later I found my mother when I went to visit her one morning. She had passed away on her couch. So I know that feeling when you say there was nothing you could do.

Sorry for your losses. I know it's a part of life, but death just sucks!

After all of that loss, sometimes I feel like I'm not here anymore. Just a ghost floating around waiting.

Sorry for your losses.It is indeed a helpless feeling.

 

[Pitt79]

My dad died 2008 at age 89, mom died 2012 age 86.

 

[andypappas]

My Dad entered the portal in 2010 and my Mom May 11 this year.Heard her hit the floor from a heart attack.Nothing I could do.

Sad to hear that. Always hard to lose someone you love. There is nothing anyone can say or do to make things better.

 

[Zepley09]

Sorry for your loss. My parents died 7 months apart. my Mother to Ovarian Cancer in September 2012 and my Pop in April 2013 to Colon Cancer. They were Married for 50 years and didn’t want to be apart any longer.

 

[Cmart2004]

So sorry for your loss, and the losses of everyone else in this thread.

I lost my dad to a heart attack in 2017, he was only 67 but struggled with alcohol and obesity for a long time. He wasn’t perfect but he was one of my best friends and I still really miss him. Somebody in this thread said that losing a parent is like losing the rudder to your ship….that is a perfect analogy.

 

[mike 301]

Not a parent but we recently lost a young employee earlier this week . Kid in his mid thirties with a new born and two kids 3 and 5 . My goodness . Wasn't close but those who knew him best said he had troubles and chased demons for a while ..
Had I truly knew I would have encouraged him to seek counseling through HR his local church , somewhere. Hell I have been through a shit ton of life's kick in the balls . I would have gave him my time to try and get through his shit ..
35 ? WAY too young .. His little ones are in my prayers ..

 

[Black Panther]

Sad to hear that. Always hard to lose someone you love. There is nothing anyone can say or do to make things better.

Thank You!