Your mom...

Today is my 'moms' day
It's not like Mother's day
It's not a day for giving gifts
It's not about anything but love.
Sometimes we get busy and forget
sometimes we take moms for granted.
Today is not the day they expect anything.
So do me on small favor ... For my heart.



‎9 years ago today I lost the most important person in my life. The greatest woman who influenced me and helped me to be the best person I can be. My hero. My mom, Althea Mary Eastman Jennings. In her memory I ask everyone who can, please tell your mom you love them today. I can't, and it's my way of telling my mom that I love her. Cherish your mom while you have her. I miss and love you always mom... RIP My mom. She will always be in my heart. For those of you who have lost your mom, I feel for you. Loosing my mom was my worst fear. Those of you who don't have a good relationship with your mom, I am sorry... I was lucky to have had a good one with mine. We didn't see eye to eye all the time, we were too much alike. I knew she loved me with all her heart, she told me every day. She knew I loved her the same, I told her every day. Now... I just think it when ever I think about her.

I just want everyone else who still has their mom to remember her today.

thank you and have a great day

Be safe.

I lost my mom and best friend, Hazel Mae Davis Townsend, on July 21, 1994. I get tired of the girls at work griping about their moms. It is always " My mom did this" or "My mom does that". At least your mom is still with you.

I miss paling around with my mom. I miss going to bingo or a Las Vegas turn-around with her. I went to Vegas once with a friend and to bingo a couple of times after she passed, but it just wasn't the same. I missed my mom. I miss the phone calls at the most inopportune time. She just wanted to talk.

To all the daughters and sons out there. Hold your mom close while you can. When she is gone, you will miss her terribly.

I am so sorry for both of your losses. Three years ago my mom had most of a tumor removed from her stomach and digestive track. They couldn't get all of it. I am grateful for every day she is still here. A couple of months ago she revealed her cancer markers were up but refused to discuss it more. She says she wants to just live her life. So every Saturday I go and hang out with her and help with whatever needs to be done. Of course knowing how ornery my mom is she will beat whatever is going on. It has been some of the best Saturdays in a long time.

When there was no one else, my oldest sister Linda stepped up and took the challenge to be mother to my siblings and I. She was the only person who loved me unconditionally, she was always the first person I called when I was troubled, or needed surgery, and the first called in the joys of my life; when I got engaged, when I found out I was pregnant, and when our daughter was born. She has saved my life, and the lives of my siblings, some more than once. When my husband and I discussed it, she was the obvious and only choice to be our child's godmother.

She has been trying to beat a very aggressive cancer for a year now. Seeing her suffer and fighting for her life breaks my heart in ways I never thought it could. She's the only one who still knows the little girl I used to be, her heart is the closest to mine, she has never ever lied me to or me to her. When I hear her voice my heart lifts up in joy; she is the kindest, wisest, wittiest, and most loving person I have ever known. I cherish every moment with her. I have felt heartbreak and grief before, but now I feel it on every level of my being.

At the same time, there is much hope, she is an incredibly strong person, she is holding her ground, and I can only believe that her life here on Earth is not supposed to be over yet.

She makes everyone around her feel calmer, smarter, and happier. It is no exaggeration to say that anyone whose life she has touched has been the better off for having met her. Sometimes your sister is your mom.

I am sorry for your loss. It's so difficult losing a parent as they are often our biggest encouragers and cheerleaders. I don't think you truly value them until they're gone, though, when you don't have them to call and ask questions or just chat.

I lost my mom on December 13, 1996. She was a few weeks shy of her 59th birthday.

I am so sorry for those who have lost their Mom's. My Mom and I have our differences, but I can't imagine life without her!

I lost my mom, my best friend on November 15, 2007 from Alzheimers. She was one of the lucky ones, it took her very quick.

I was her only child, and while reading her "grandmothers book" a book that asks questions and you fill in the answers for future generations to know who you were. It asked about her "best" friend. She wrote "that would be my daughter, Shannon. She is always here for me and I for her".

She was the church organist at our church for 30 years. We sang together from the time I could put two words together. Whenever relatives came to town, mom would call and ask me to bring up my guitar to entertain them with our singing.

We would go for bike rides down to the little general store for ice cream on hot summer nights. I miss the comfort of her voice and the funny things she would say.

She loved my kids so very much. I found a picture of Abby, my granddaughter in her things. On the back she wrote "the love of my life". I wish she could see all those grandkids now.

I laid next to her as she was taking her last breaths at a local Hospice. When she died, her soul had to pass through my body to make its journey.

She was there when I took my first breath, I was there when she took her last.

We are in a sad club here. To loose a mother takes a piece of us. Such beautiful tributes here.

Here is to our moms.

Wow... Thank you all for sharing your stories and memories of your moms. It is beautiful. It's not a bad or a sad day for me, but reading these does bring tears to my eyes. I feel so sad for anyone who has lost their mom. In the back of my mind I think I could never live through it, then I realize I have.

Thank you all I am glad we can all share our stories and memories. I hope that more people will feel they can share, and will. I also hope that more will take the time to stop and tell their mom they love them. Since I cannot just tell my mom how I feel, this is how I do it.

Be safe.

I just sent my mom a message telling her how much I love and appreciate her. She has been staying at the hospital with my sister for two weeks so she is taking so much needed "Me" time now, but was touched anyway. I get panic attacks when I think about losing my Mom, even though I know some day it will happen, so reading this thread was rather difficult for me.

I lost my mother June 25, 2007. I never cherished her life as much as I should have or realized what a blessing she was until she was gone. I will never forgive myself for that.

From that day forward, I never part ways with anyone without saying "I love you" in some way.

I lost my mom when I was 16 the end of January 2001. She wasn't a very good mom, she was extremely abusive to everyone. I do miss her at times, though.