Reflections: People we miss

by Magnolia Miller

She was seventy-five. I was thirty. Though she was not my grandmother or my mother, she was indeed a grandmother and a mother. She was elderly, but she certainly was not old. In fact, for a woman of seventy-five...read more

by Donna Pampalone

As we go through life, many special people will come across our paths and enter into our lives for a season of time. There is a purpose and plan for every relationship that is formed between people when they come into eac...read more

by B. Tyler Barton

Breakfast Artist There was the smell of laundry detergent and cigarette smoke in the porch walkway as I entered my grandparent's house. I smelled it every morning as I walked into their house, but today it was d...read more

by Patrick Stewart

Her Mother was her life, her best friend and the only one who seemed to understand her. One person who did not judge her or look at her as if she was from another planet. The disease ate away at her mother's soul year af...read more

by Bethany Ballard

The way I always picture my great-grandmother is the way I would see her first thing every morning sitting outside combing her long hair. She would sit on a large tree stump in front of her screened porch, comb her hair,...read more

by Danielle B

Sometimes it is hard to think about people we miss, for it just brings back the painful memories of their death or of them leaving us. My grandmother is the person that I miss the most above all else! My grandma and I ...read more

by Sarah Cowson

Things I remember about Sarah "Mommy" Conner 12-25-1935 to 10-08-2005 3 years have passed and it is still hard to wrap my head around the fact that my mother is gone. 3 years and 9...read more

by MotorSquirrel

If you have ever seen The Oprah Winfrey Show, you would know that sometimes her show actually has relevance to "us normal people". You know, the ones that are not billionaires. On one show in particular she made a statemen...read more

by PH1966

There are lots of family members I miss terribly, they were all taken from us prematurely. The one person I miss most is my Dad. He was the person who partly created me, and who shaped so many of my views about life, relig...read more

by Kimberley Hoover

I knew something was wrong the minute I called. As my husband and four children got dressed for our first full day at Disney World, a trip paid for in full by my father in law, Tom, I had called Patty, my mother in law to...read more

by Mary Snyder

Wow, People we miss is a great topic, Everyone has someone that they lost at some point in time, The hows and whys never cease let alone the what ifs. But for a lot of us, it's not just missing the person, its healing with...read more

by Jeannie Burgendy

Missing those you love who have passed on before you is hard, but missing those who are left behind with you is even harder. My grandmother was more like a second mother to me. My mother was only sixteen years old when she...read more

by Pamela Ashton

Exasperating. That was the only word I could think of to describe the way Benji* made me feel. Our second eldest grandchild, he had been staying with us for three weeks. A recent high school graduate, he was trying to f...read more

by Mona Williams

This is a touchy subject for me because the person that I miss most in this world died 13 years ago. My son was five when he passed. I held him in my arms as he drew his last breath. Some of you are saying 'oh my God, how ...read more

by eugenie

My mother was 46 when she had me. Compared to others mothers she was like my granny. It didnt matter to me except i worried about was about her dying and leaving me.. I lived in fear for years i couldnt bear the thoughts o...read more

by Lisa Powell

I have asked myself every day for the last 7 years, when will I stop missing her so much? Seven birthdays, seven Christmases and seven Easters, and sadly seven Mother's Days, have gone by, all without my best friend. Thi...read more

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by Kim Harrison

Growing up, I always remembered September as a month of transitions: back to school, football season, plaid skirts, crisp autumn leaves, and the excitement and opportunities of my new life. It was almost a do-over. Wasn't ...read more

by Sara A Broers

17 years seems like such a short life. Yet, during that time he touched so many lives in so many different ways. Justin was a part of my life for all of those years that flew by very quickly. He held a special place in ...read more

by Vincent LeVine

My first full year as a vocational teacher ended on June 22nd, just eight days after celebrating my fiftieth birthday. The career change came after spending twenty-five years of long, tiring days and many late nights, work...read more

by Lo-lee H

"I miss you"...words that don't serve justice for a person consumed with longing...and I am, I am consumed with longing. That broad statement could never suffice to convey my ever present feeling of loss. Rather, I need to...read more