The other day I went into a store I’ve been going to since I was a teenager. When I was checking out they asked to update my profile information. They started reading off the phone numbers they had on file and one of them was my mom’s.
It caught me off guard. It even took me a second to recognize that it was hers because I wasn’t expecting it. But once it did, it hit me. I even said out loud, “oh, that’s my mom’s. She passed away. You can take it off. Clearly I’ve been coming here since I was a child.” And because of how much it caught me off guard, I was a bit embarrassed that I even said it out loud and the front desk staff immediately felt sorry for me.
Just like that, I was sad. Another reminder. Another place I had to take my mom off. Another part of my life where she doesn’t fit anymore.
Grief shows up in these little moments we don’t prepare for. I didn’t walk into that store thinking about my mom but I walked out missing her.
I think that explains exactly how those moments can happen. Unexpected. Just in a flash and hit you like that. As hard as those moments are, I've seen you grow in how those moments are handled. The fact that so many of those moments happen, tell you how immersed your mom was in your life and that is a truly beautiful thing ❤️
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