By the time my mom died, she hadn't been able to recognize me for a couple of years. It was a relief to me that she had gone to a place where she could be herself again.

I would be destroyed. May Lord give my mama very long life!

Nothing is as hard as the death of your mother, as far as I am concerned.

My mother died last year. I think the hardest part is I wish we did not have such a strained relationship. I in no way think I am perfect. but my mother was a very tough person to get along with. she was very controlling and domineering even into our adulthood. It was her way or the highway and your way was always the wrong way. she was extremely critical and never missed a chance to point out how awful she though I was and everyone else for that matter.she was brutally blunt with her criticism. if anyone had an opinion that was different than hers, it would infuriate her and she would lash out at that person with a vengeance. I learned NOT to let her know when my opinion was different from hers. To her dying day she really did not know what my actual opinions were on anything. I learned long ago to say nothing if i did not agree with her.TO me the hurtful part is I wish we could have been closer I wish we could have better talks with each other without the fear of the verbal abuse she put on others.it is just sad when someone dies and you wish things could have been better between each other.

I lost my Mother when I was 5 years old, she was 27. I can remember the funeral home and her even though I was young. Some major events happened near or around my Mothers death that probably helps etch the memories in my brain. President Kennedy was shot, we had a major killer hurricane and I had an aunt die and an uncle commit suicide. My Mother was a very special person who I miss dearly and know I will see some day in the future.

One of the worst experiences of my life. I can identify with Irishgit's post - I lost my father at 7 and it had a major impact on who I am as a person now. My mother died about three years and a half years ago and, while it was devastating, it did not have the same type of impact. One thing which gives me some peace is knowing that she was able to live out a normal life span where my father was cut short in the prime of his life leaving a wife and two small children who adored and needed him. Needless to say, when my time comes I have some major questions for the big guy. Thankfully, I've mellowed enough now that they will be respectful ones - which was not always the case.

This would be the absolute hardest thing, for me. She's my best friend and teacher, and I'm not sure I would have made it this far without her. She was all that I had for the longest time. Being completely dependent on her, as a child due to the nature of my environment, I have grown closer to her than I have to anyone else in my family.

No one wants to lose their parents (unless they were very cruel and abusive-and even then some people forgive and love them anyway).Although we know it is "normal" to outlive our parents,it seems almost inconcievable that they will die.It is most traumatic for young children or teens,but still hurts deeply even when we're mature adults ourselves and the Mom is elderly.Of course,if you have watched her suffer a painful illness,the death can seem merciful to her-but it's still a loss for the family.

i don't know what i would do without my mother. its too painful to think about it.

Probably more tough emotionally for most people than losing a father. In our society most people create more of an attachment to their mother than their father, so this loss would probably be harder to deal with.

I'm giving this 5 stars although for me it wasn't anywhere close to as hurful as my father's death. The difference is I was 12 when he died and 42 when she died. I didn't, and don't have the same sense of loss from her death.