# 30 years ago memorial **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-ago-memorial/1015085 "2025-03-04T02:11:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-ago-memorial/1015085/1 "2025-03-04T02:11:58Z")
Its been 30 years to the day. I woke up at 6:30 to check on you. We all knew the time was close. Did you? Your breaths were shallow and rapid. The sound will never leave me. Were you hanging on just long enough for me to wake up and check on you one last time? I went upstairs to change clothes and you were gone before I got back. It was a cold day, that morning in early March, 30 years ago. Its never quite warmed up again. I can’t believe that I’ve lived half my life since then without you. We were together for half my life then, and now its been another half of my life living only with your memories. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-ago-memorial/1015085/2 "2025-03-04T02:12:46Z")
{{hugs}} ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-ago-memorial/1015085/3 "2025-03-04T09:54:26Z")
So sad for you. I remember when I realized I was the age my Mother was when she died. I felt like my life would soon be over, in a weird way. She was just 36. Somehow, we live on.