On That Final Note...

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Parts in bold are the only important parts.

...Have you ever known someone, that you really cared about, but had a falling out with them? At some point after the falling out, you felt you were wrong, but by the time you had to nerve to do something about it, if you even got the nerve in the first place, it was too late?

I think about it everyday, how could I not? It was Two years ago, February 16th, that my mother passed away. I loved her with all my heart, she was truly my best friend when my other friends were to "busy" to deal with me. I've only told two people this, Jorge and Manny (Best friends/The two people I more or less could trust me life with) because I couldn't at the time, still can't tell me own family...

Before february 11th I think it was, before my mom passed away, I noticed something was different about her when I went to see her. Probably a month before she passed way I had gotten the internet. In her words, when my father came home... In her words she said... "So that's why he hasn't come to see me." The fact that my mother thought that the internet was more important to me than her still hurts. I just couldn't handle hospitals. In 1999 my father had a stroke and I didn't go see him because I couldn't see something like that, him hooked up to machines and what not. When I think of hospitals, I think of death, that's why I couldn't go see her at first. When my father told me what see said, I made regular visits to see her.

So getting back to the point of this story, before she passed away, I went to see her. She was different (when my aunt went to see her after I had, my mother didn't know who she was and thought that my aunt's daughter was my aunt) Anyway, She kept on mumbling about something, some program for a computer, and she wouldn't stop. I tried to get her to, but she kept going... so I yelled at her and told her if she didn't stop I would go home. What the hell is wrong with me that I would do something like that? Of course I stayed and before I left I said "I love you, ma." Many years ago, I told my mother that I would tell her I love her everyday "Because you never know when something could happen to you or any one of us."

Now back to the point of thread thread, the day I yelled at her was the last time I saw her awake. Februry 11th she had a seizure. (I, like an ass, was on the internet again and my uncle had to come to my home to tell my father and I what happened. I toned down my time on the net, but just not enough.) february 16th my Aunt called becuase my mother had another seizure... There's more, but I can't go on.

I regret everyday what I did the last time I saw my mother awake, Even coming to the point of not being sure that she knew whether I loved her. (even more I regret that I didn't show how much I cared for her by wasting my time) That woman did everything she could for her family, and it all caught up with her the end. I miss her, I still dream about her like nothing ever happened. I want to tell her I'm sorry but know that can never happen.

My story is done, but I wanna know if anyone ever missed or had the chance to make amends before that last note happened.
(It doesn't have to be about death, it could be about a best friend moving and you having a fight with them before and never talked to them again. Doesn't matter. Sad thing, One of my best friends died, and I didn't know until months later.)
 
Wow, My Mom passed away Sept. 18th, 2004 and it was while I was in the middle of testing to see if I could donate my kidney to her. I had already had kidney stones in one kidney, so they said I couldn't, but my Mom continued to get sicker, so I demanded they test the one kidney that didn't have stones in. Just by the way you worded your post, I could tell how much you loved your Mom (I called my mother Ma, and I got a little choked up when I saw you write the same thing) and I don't think you yelled out of anger. I believe you were just as scared and mind scrambled as one would be in that situation and it got the best of you at the moment. I dream about my Mom all the time and I like to think it's actually her coming to visit me to let me know things are alright and that I will see her again one day.
 
Can i get the cliff notes on this post
The parts in bold is the question I'm asking everyone. But the story in-between is how I yelled at my mother before she died and didn't get the chance to say sorry before it happen, and regret it till this day.
 
Wow, My Mom passed away Sept. 18th, 2004 and it was while I was in the middle of testing to see if I could donate my kidney to her. I had already had kidney stones in one kidney, so they said I couldn't, but my Mom continued to get sicker, so I demanded they test the one kidney that didn't have stones in. Just by the way you worded your post, I could tell how much you loved your Mom (I called my mother Ma, and I got a little choked up when I saw you write the same thing) and I don't think you yelled out of anger. I believe you were just as scared and mind scrambled as one would be in that situation and it got the best of you at the moment. I dream about my Mom all the time and I like to think it's actually her coming to visit me to let me know things are alright and that I will see her again one day.
Thank you for that and it sucks about the kidney thing. I'm sorry about that.
 
When was the last time
That they heard you say
Mother or father, I love you
And when was the last time
That they heard you say
Daughter or son, I love you

Ones you say you cherish everyday
Can instantly be taken away
Then youd say I know this cant be true
When you never took the time
To simply tell them I love you

When was the last time
That they heard you say
Sister or brother, I love you
And when was the last time
That they heard you say
Darling or best friend, I love you

The one for whom youd give your very life
Could be taken in the twinkling of an eye
Through your tears youd ask why did you go
Knowing youd didnt always show
Just how much you loved them so

These three words
Sweet and simple
These three words
Short and kind
These three words
Always kindles
An aching heart to smile inside

I know a family
Who hasnt a cent to their name
And yet the joy and love they have between them
They always claim
And when ones called from life
The survived mourn the lost
And will never be the same
Yet they rejoice
In knowing they gave them their all

These three words
Sweet and simple
These three words
Short and kind
These three words
Always kindles
 
I never got to say goodbye to my grandmother who died in a nursing home. :csad:
 
Thanks, best wishes for you and your family on this 2 year anniversary.
 
That was a beautiful Poem BHK, I'm sorry about your Grandmother.
 
This thread is so sad :csad: Sorry for your losses COMICBOY and everyone else.
 
Thank you for that, but this is not about me, I just needed a way to start this thread off.
 
I'm actually in one of those situations right now. This girl is doing some pretty ****ty things to me because she's angry with me, but I still love her because I know who she is capable of being. I don't know...it's all really immature, but I guess there is no age that you can really get past all the bull and immaturity. I don't think we'll ever be friends again, but I will still always have her back.

I'm sorry, I didn't read the whole thread...it's about death and not fights...my bad. I'm sorry for everyone's loss, makes my problems look petty.
 
^^ wow I feel like a dope, anyway, they are beautiful words.
 
Actually it's a song by Stevie Wonder...very moving song.

Yes, it often moves me to tears.

Anyway, while we didn't have an incredibly awful relationship, I felt there were many times I was disrespectful to my maternal grandmother, and I didn't realize how poorly I treated her at times until it was too late. She always felt I was biased towards my grandmother on my dad's side (who also passed away), which I guess to an extent I was, though not intentionally. There were also many times out of anger when I said or done something incredibly hurtful towards her.

When I learned that my grandmother was dying from cancer, I all of a sudden realized how much of a jerk I had been towards her in the past and how sick I felt that now I would never have the chance to properly apologize. At her funeral, I broke down. I had been able to hold my emotions through the announcement of her death and through her wake, but as the funeral ended, and I realized she was officially gone for good, I just lost it. I'm getting choked up just thinking about it.

To this day, my guilt about it haunts me to no avail. I'm sickened that I never got to formerly apologize to her, because there were some times when I was incredibly mean to her, and most of the time I wasn't even aware of how disrespectful I was being. I can only hope that when I die, God accepts me into Heaven, where I can see her again and finally give her the proper apology she deserves.
 
goddam this is a sad thread :( I want to cry . . . but it could just be cuz it's been a long day . . .
 
I have to say no.
Anyone I have outs with I've given plenty of opportunities to right their wrong. They just continue to **** up and some times you just have to push on.
 
No, because I give it my best to save a friendship or romatic relationship...I try to find the core of the problem to see if the wounds can be mended. If the other person is too stubborn to at least try and work with me then by all means leave and never look back.

Family is different (with the excpetion of my older siblings) we're pretty tight especially my father and I. I can't think of a single time we actually had a major fight that involved us drifting apart.
 
Looking back, I wish my parents had told me that my grandfather only had months to live. I would have tried to make the most of the time left.
 
my nephew died november 16th 2005. i still remember everything that happened that day crystal clear.

i had to work from 4am-8am and i was at home barely sleep when my sister called my cell about 930 and woke me up. she was crying but wouldn't say and wanted to talk to my mother so i woke her up. i was waiting in the living room for my phone back when I heard my mother yell in disbelief "Beau killed himself?!?" I don't know if i was standing or sitting before i heard that, but afterwards I was crumpled on the couch.

leaving out the details for now, I miss him terribly. He was 17, 2 months from his 18th birthday and was the last person I'd ever think would do something like that. He and I were only 2 yrs apart in age and he was the first friend I remember having. We were so close as kids, but as we got older we drifted because they moved constantly and my sister was anything but maternal.

To this day, I don't think I've ever grieved yet. Sure I've cried a little when I was alone, but whenever I was on the verge of getting emotional, I'd shut myself down. When he died I cried like everyone else, but I was always in a collected, stoic kind of way. (think emma frost on an emotional level, and I'm kinda that way). I rarely show emotion, and I HATE for someone to see me crying or vulnerable, because all growing up crying and vulnerability were signs of weakness and I wasn't allowed to show them. coming from an unemotional, fairly apathetic household further emphasizes that.

ive kept my emotions in check so long, that in a way i'm scared to let go. It's like I want to grieve, but I'm afraid once I do, I won't be able to stop. Some of his ashes are in my room, and I've written a couple poems about it, but I regret so much that we drifted apart as we got older. I miss him so much.

i think i've cluttered this thread enough now, so i'm gonna stop here.
 

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