Loss of my beloved Mother - Visitor's Story

by Reem
(Southampton, UK)

Losing someone who is dearer to you than life itself is something everyone finds hard to cope with. My mother's sudden death came as a shock to me. After a lapse of nearly three years, now I am able to accept her death and deal with the emotional consequences.

A mother is someone in our life whose role is hard to describe. She is our reason for living. She is the epitome of love, sacrifice, tolerance, forgiveness, eternal listener to our moans and griefs, a pillar of steely strength, a comfort to our soul, nurse to our eternal emotional wounds and the list goes on.

When my mother passed away, I didn't know how to deal with her loss. I wanted to comfort my father so I hid my grief from him. I couldn't cry or talk about her very openly for sometime. The healing process made me delve deep into my own conscious self and helped me understand that we are all a part of a circle of life. When our work is done in this world, we leave it to transfer to another and those we leave behind will continue the legacy of their dear departed ones. It also taught me to cherish every moment that we get with our loved ones because the hand of death can snatch anyone away at any time.

In the process of grieving for my adorable Mother, I have learnt that grief makes us human and that happiness and grief both are very closely related to each other. I can now talk about my Mother in a way I found utterly impossible before. She has left a legacy of love, friendship, endurance, moral values and her beautiful smile behind. I see her face in my dreams and she seems happy to be wherever she is.