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Laura's Story

My mom passed away three days after Christmas on my husband's birthday December 28, 1997. I can still remember that day like it was yesterday. Ovarian cancer had spread throughout her body. Although she fought hard she lost the battle within 3 months of diagnosis. Ripped from my life, forever. My father died 5 years earlier but we hadn't been close in many years. He was an alcoholic and had abandoned me as a child. My mom had to raise me alone and not having any brothers or sisters she became my everything. Someone once said "Time heals all wounds". Well it's been seven years now and the wound is still as deep and painful as it ever was. The more people I talk to who have experienced this kind of loss, the more I realize it always will be. My dearest friend, lost her mother two years after my mom had passed. To have such a close friend that has had to experience the same loss and feel that same sense of void, has been a blessing for both of us. We may no longer have our mothers in this life but God blessed us with each other, a friend who truly understands. One who knows exactly what to say and how to comfort each other on those certain days of the year that seem to magnify our sense of loss. The holidays are bitter sweet and with every trial & triumph we go through, we are painfully reminded, just how much we've lost. My mom was the glue that held our family together and after she was lost, we all fell apart. It might just be too painful for my family to see me, with my mothers face reflected on mine. I had never really noticed how much we looked alike until after she was gone. Now sometimes when I look in the mirror, I see my mom looking back. Part of me feels deprived but at the same time I am grateful. In my eyes I had the greatest mom in the world! Her smile lit up the room like sunshine and love overflowed from her heart. She was so much to so many. She was truly, one in a million! In loving memory of Mari Ann Wilder.

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