I lost my mother when I was 16 years old. She died rather unexpectedly at the age of 45 due to an aneurysm. Even at 16 my mother was an integral part of my life. I used to spend the first hour after school talking to her about my day. It was great. My mom was also a bit different than other parents. She had a nerdy side to her which I adored. I taught her how to play Magic: The Gathering (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering) with me and she got involved. She also loved video games, Dr. Mario (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Mario_%28series%29) was quite the favourite of hers. She'd wallop me badly in a game. When I think of my best memory of my mother it was the last night I had with her. We had a computer and the internet at the time, and my mother (who I mentioned was quite fond of video games) was playing Diablo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_%28video_game%29) on our computer. I got a chair and I sat with her, she controlled the mouse and I took over the keyboard. I had a high level character and we played on BattleNet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle.net) together. I kept telling her to attack the other players (and since I had a tough high level character it was an easy kill for her) and I taunted over the chat about it. Sure that sounds like a horrible story ^^, but I still remember my mom saying, "That is soo mean!" but at the same time she was laughing soo hard there were tears in her eyes. I had the coolest mom in the world.

You are one of the lucky ones! I know ...I am too! Debbie

I lost my Mother in February of 1994. I left home to get married in july of 1966 and it was times that i wasn;t able to get home for two to three years at a time. The last 5 month's of her life, I was able to be with her and help her and I have always be so thankful for that time together. My mother was a very strong lady and her life was not an easy life. she had 9 children that she raised, but i don't know how. I remember seeing her play her guitar and sing and she taught me to play when I was nine yrs old. I used to set at her beside when i was a teenager and listen to the stories that she use to tell me about our family and thing about her life growing up and the life My parents had together. I feel she died a senseless death because she fell in the hospital and broke her hip and because of her heart, she wasn't suppose to take anesthesia. I felt that if they had used a different anesthesia she might have been here a little longer but I can't be sure of that. She was a good Mother, Wife and a really good person all around. She had a wonderful sense of Humor. I will always remember her laugh.I miss her and always will. I will write more later on my Dad. I lost my Dad on April 30, 2003 on feb 26 2003, exactly 9 yrs to the day that my Mom fell, My Dad fell and broke his hip, had surgery, 7 week later he died from complication. I miss them both.

I have so many memories of my dad. I lost him to cancer in 2006. I was only 38. He has become a great grandpa since then. I want to share to much with him and know I can't just pick up the phone anymore. He was my best friend, confidant, fishing buddy, shoulder when I needed one. When I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, he wouldn't let me get down on myself. He told me that I could fight it because I am a fighter. I got out of my wheelchair after about three years and with his help, stayed out of it to this day. I still have bad days but I refuse to give up. I will fight until my last breath. I love you dad and miss you so bad.

There are so many wonderful memories it is really hard to just think of one. I will start with how my parents use to make sure that their seven children had a wonderful Christmas :) It would start with the picking and buying of the tree. My father would set it up in the stand and put on the lights, this was a task he really enjoyed. All seven of us would put the decorations and my mom loved to watch as we all would pick our favorite ones to be put on just the right branch. Finances were tight but come Christmas morning there was always toys for everyone.... I love you Mom and Dad and miss you both so much.