Mom once told me she doesn't cry anymore.
She's been taking something for years that prevents it. Recommends it to those whose hearts are close to their eyes, like me.
I'm not much of one for pharmaceuticals. An occasional over-the-counter Tylenol or Advil, a baby aspirin. Not a tear suppresser.
I want to feel my tears. I need them occasionally to completely wash over me, like a waterfall, like baptism, and purge me of whatever it is I'm feeling and make me whole again.
I married my husband partially because he's not afraid to show his tears. It was a done deal when he started reciting "Little Boy Blue" on a date seventeen years ago and started thinking about the son he'd lost in a car accident. The floodgates opened. I was sold.
I wiped some tears away from the corners of my mother's eyes today.
They were good to see.
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After he died I posted that same picture on the facebook page we had created for him...
My tears came later.
So happy you are able to be with your mom right now.
Let the tears roll!
Be sure to take care of you, okay?
Now, of course, I know that I needed to be there, as you need to be with your mother. Death is an intrinisic part of all of our lives.....god I sound so trite.....I am sorry. I am sorry for what you are going through, sweetheart. Really and truly sad and sorry.
Again, love love love to you.
Your eloquence is inspiring.
R
Thinking of you and sending wishes to keep you strong.
R
thinking of you both, visualizing you and your mom as the amazing Wyoming women that you are.
Rated.
Sending much love out to you and your loved ones.