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I don't know about heaven, we can never know for sure. But there is another place. In your thoughts, You can put your Mom and your Dad together in your thoughts and they will be together again. It just might be all she needs to find him again.

Davit.


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Hi Davit, A relative pointed out how many extended family I have, so I've tried to reach out, and actually will list them. They share "something" of my mom, who lived so long that she truly is a remarkable person. I don't get how she could do so many things: recite poetry;opera lyrics;church liturgy; know crafts(sewing);cook; launder;shop; run a household on a shoestring; raise two good sons... I don't wish to get swept up in the commercial Christmas stuff, or be "busy" that way so I'll try to connect with relatives to find those memories. Cooking something she liked, gardening, especially vegetables is a way of being with her, although it's testing my faith about what's after this life? Some have assured me she's with dad, but...
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Hugs.

It would be very hard to have any kind of loss without feeling something. Focus on all the good times is supposed to help with grieving by replacing some of that loss so it isn't quite the shock it would otherwise be. It is supposed to allow you to accept the loss slowly. I wish I had of known this when my Dad died instead of throwing myself into work to block thoughts of his passing. The fact he died hit me very hard when we buried him. It was so permanent. I would have been better thinking of all he was when he was alive and celebrated that. Much akin to having a wake. My brother didn't help by being negative and complaining. 
Remember how you planted the garden and flowers to make her day a bit better. I remember those posts. Don't be afraid to make her favourite meals and do activities she liked. Grieving doesn't have to be all black and gloomy. Black is only as a sign of respect. Flowers are a sign of appreciation. Keep her in your thoughts and memory, these will too often fade far too fast as time goes on. I miss my Dad still after 30+ years but now I can look at both his good and bad points and accept he was only human. He gave me some of what I am and he lives on in me.

As for your other post. I use the computer mostly for communication and storage. I could well do without it. I find people use it far too much instead of their memory. It has become their memory, their ability to think is dictated by it. There is a fear that it will dictate their attitude and personality. It could in fact interfere with their recovery if the sites they visit are negative. But the biggest thing is that it becomes an addictive time waster. Life is too short to not be doing something more constructive. 

I presume you are using a PC with micro soft. Have you tried cleaning your cache and cookies and history. These all slow down your computer when they are full. You might even have to down load the latest operating system. I'm due to do that with my computer. It takes almost four hours to do that though.

Davit
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I'm saddled with time and mourning recently, and remember advice from Davit, about focus. I found I couldn't change the name of a memory stick, so I examined it closely, for a switch. The switch controls reading/writing, but doesn't have one, and might not have any effect on changing the name of the switch. For that moment, my gnawing feeling went away. I similarly dealt with the feeling overnight, when I'd made two difficult meetings with family, and couldn't sleep. Although I don't know the rosary, I tried reciting the basics, often forgetting the simplest prayers. What's consoling about suffering is that we all have it, but sometimes that's not consoling either. What is the right "amount" of respect here? I'm going to ask a fabric store if they have a little black button, to help grieve, since changing to dark clothes would be too much shopping....

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