Hi Denise. Thank you so much for reading and responding. My apologies for my late reply.

I am sorry your Mom is no longer here with you. I think the longer you have a Mom around,you miss her that much more. It is a good price to pay, I believe, the pain of loss, because you were blessed with all that time together.

Donna L Roberts, PhD (Psych Pstuff) gave me a great idea in a comment to my first post about my Mom. She suggested I write about what I would talk about if my Mom was here today. Maybe an interview but of course,there are so many ways to do it. Thought I should share this with you. I am certainly considering it.

Another point. Even though I was so young when I lost mine, I do remember that I rarely heard Mom and her friends talk about private matters. I think it was a generation thing. Yet I think today, even with her crowd, things would be more open.