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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 439070" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Steely...interesting thing happened today. My step-mom called me today to tell my that the flowers I sent for my Dads grave were absolutely beautiful. Now for some folks that might now be an amazing phone call but my step-mom hasnt exactly been bending over backwards to stay in touch with me and my family since my dad died so I was kind of amazed that she called me. I was touched. </p><p></p><p>We spoke for quite a while in fact. I think, no I know, she is really beginning to feel the loss of my dad. She told me how the first several months were such a steady push of things to do with his death...like getting all the insurance, banking, cars, social security, all that daily junk taken care of that she constantly had something to do...but now it is sinking in that he is really and truly gone. </p><p></p><p>I get it. I think for us kids we do it either in small bursts and it hurts hugely when we do it...then we have days or weeks when we dont have to have that constant reminder that they arent with us because they havent been at our side like they were at the spouses side. Your mom is going to be doing the constant stuff with all the funeral stuff, selling the house stuff, moving, getting settled, then eventually she will slow down and then it will be when she relaxes. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps some.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 439070, member: 1514"] Steely...interesting thing happened today. My step-mom called me today to tell my that the flowers I sent for my Dads grave were absolutely beautiful. Now for some folks that might now be an amazing phone call but my step-mom hasnt exactly been bending over backwards to stay in touch with me and my family since my dad died so I was kind of amazed that she called me. I was touched. We spoke for quite a while in fact. I think, no I know, she is really beginning to feel the loss of my dad. She told me how the first several months were such a steady push of things to do with his death...like getting all the insurance, banking, cars, social security, all that daily junk taken care of that she constantly had something to do...but now it is sinking in that he is really and truly gone. I get it. I think for us kids we do it either in small bursts and it hurts hugely when we do it...then we have days or weeks when we dont have to have that constant reminder that they arent with us because they havent been at our side like they were at the spouses side. Your mom is going to be doing the constant stuff with all the funeral stuff, selling the house stuff, moving, getting settled, then eventually she will slow down and then it will be when she relaxes. Hope this helps some. [/QUOTE]
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