therealljidol Moments of Devastating Beauty

[meee_tooo]

Her skin was colder than usual, but it was still just as soft. My mother had always had the softest skin. This was one of the only things about her body that hadn't changed in the past few months. Her once beautiful face had aged decades. Her body, of which I had always been envious, had wasted away. Every bone was now visible. The whites of her

Comments

[puppetmaker40]

Thank you for sharing such a personal moment with us.

Beautifully written as always.

[meee_tooo]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate support on this one, as I wasn't sure it was quite appropriate for this public a venue.

[meee_tooo]

Thank you so much. It's one of those moments that will never leave me.

[lawchicky]

So sad, but a beautiful entry. I'm sorry that you lost your mother this way.

[meee_tooo]

Thank you. I'm sorry too. She was one of those really special people, not just to me, but to everyone who knew her.

[seasongs]

She was only 52. Way, way too young.

[faerie_spark]

Way too young, indeed. And you were way too young to lose your Mom.

This is a touching, beautifully rendered, story. You really did find the beauty and pathos in an experience that was unfair, and, as you say, far from the dignity of a storybook.

[drippedonpaper]

She was younger than my husband is now. I...I didn't know her but this is so sad. Your entry makes me cry. Obviously, in the picture and in your words, you loved each other very much.

[goddess_help_me]

She was a beautiful woman.

This was a beautiful entry.

[meee_tooo]

Thank you. I think she was beautiful, too.