# I remember, Mom. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-mom/552754 "2010-09-06T02:37:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-mom/552754/21 "2010-09-07T02:42:22Z")
Thanks, all. > [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > Wow. Nice tribute. I’ve got water in my eyes and its running down my cheeks as I write this, and Im supposed to be all professional and stuff. > > If you need to talk to make sense of any of it, pm me. I am a nurse who works with Alz. patients, etc. > > Any mom would be so proud of such a tribute. I am sorry you lost such a cool sounding woman. And thank you for the offer but, other than pictures, I didn’t get a chance to see her or Dad since they came to visit in 2004. There was a family reunion in my sister’s house around the corner from them that Christmas but but by, the time I figured out how to pay for the trip, I could only stay two nights at the most. Dad did start keeping everyone abreast of developments in their lives with newsletters every month or so. Mom and Dad were married 15 September 1947. Dad turned 85 two weeks ago; Mom would have been 83 in January. He was initially afraid she would outlive him because his side of the family isn’t exactly known for longevity. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-mom/552754/22 "2010-09-20T21:31:44Z")
Sounds like there will be a memorial service sometime around Christmas. I should be able to make it down there for that; I had already scheduled for two weeks off for a trip in the opposite direction but never made reservations. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-mom/552754/23 "2014-09-22T20:30:06Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I remember you having to keep asking where the bathroom is the last time you came to visit. Recently came across a photo Dad took of the Lincoln Memorial during this trip. On the back, Mom wrote the date and the inscription that’s on the wall above Lincoln. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-mom/552754/24 "2014-09-22T22:40:06Z")
I lost Pops last January due to COPD. Makes it too hard to post to threads like these just yet. But I had to this time because that was so sweet and beautiful. I’m so sorry for your loss. Sorry to all the other Dopers who have lost their parents this year, too. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-mom/552754/25 "2014-09-23T00:12:19Z")
Beautifully done. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-mom/552754/26 "2014-09-23T00:48:16Z")
Well done. I am sorry for your loss. I lost my mother when I was fourteen. I wish I had the memories you did. ---
**Author:** ![Cognoscant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-mom/552754/27 "2014-09-23T00:55:39Z")
Sorry for your loss Skywatcher. I remember the things my mom did all the time, and it will be eight years this year. I can tell your mom was just as memorable, and my heart goes out to you at this time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-mom/552754.md?page=1)