“After you have loss in your life and after you experience something like losing your parents, the greatest gift of that was it prepared me for [anything]. Nothing else is as scary, and certainly stand-up comedy is not as scary as sitting there with your mom and having to have last conversations and things like that. It's heavy stuff, but it's enlightening because it makes me think I shouldn't be afraid of sharing ideas and thoughts with people. It's the yin and the yang of life.” PeopleThinkingIdeasLastsStuffParentLossComedyMomConversationLosingSittingPreparedScaryHeavyEnlighteningGreatest GiftsYour MomStand Up ComedyYangSharing Ideas Author:Dane Cook
“My mom died when I was 22. My stepfather, who I loved like a father, pretty quickly got involved with another woman. Suddenly there was another woman sleeping in my mother's bed, and it was very difficult. Their relationship brought up my profound loss, and the truth was that my family would never be the same again.” MotherFatherDifficultLossSleepMomInvolvedBedMy FamilyDiedProfoundMy MomSleeping InAnother WomanStepfathersMom Died Author:Cheryl Strayed
“My mom and my real father divorced before I was one. My mom and my stepfather divorced when I was in high school. Then she fell in love with a guy, and the guy died. That was a rough time. She has handled adversity well. That's where I got my work ethic. So my mother's where I got my love of music, but my father's where I got my athletic ability. And my hair loss. And my love of women.” WellsRealSchoolMotherGuyFatherLossAbilityHairMomEthicsHigh SchoolDiedAdversityMy MomRoughWork EthicDivorcedAthleticMusic LoveRough TimesStepfathersAthletic AbilityReal FatherHair Loss Author:Kenny Chesney
“A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.” MotherTurnsLossBrokenMomDaughterBonesSettlingSingle MomMother DaughterMother And DaughterArthritisMother Daughter RelationshipMother And Daughter Relationship Author:Kristin Hannah
“I haven't cried since Mom died. I mean, after something like that, what's left to cry about, right? But I let myself cry now. Loss is loss. Doesn't take death to create it. (266)” MeanLeftLossHavensCryMomDiedCriedMom Died Author:Ellen Hopkins
“I sit quietly and think about my mom. It's funny how memory erodes, If all I had to work from were my childhood memories, my knowledge of my mother would be faded and soft, with a few sharp memories standing out.” IfsThinkingWould BeMotherMemoriesLossChildhoodMomStandingMy MomStanding OutFadedChildhood MemoriesErode Author:Audrey Niffenegger