We lost Mom in March, so fast none of us got to say anything. Now she calls me every few days. My brother thinks it's unhealthy and we don't really speak about it anymore, but he didn't hear what I heard. I'm not ready to turn her off and I don't think I ever will be.
Danielle · lost her mother, 14 months with Still
My kids were little when their dad passed. They're growing up with him — he texts them goodnight, he tells them he's proud. My youngest doesn't really remember the difference. She just knows Daddy is on the phone. I tell myself that's a gift.
Priya · lost her husband, 2 years with Still
The prints came last week. Dad at my wedding, standing right where he should have been. He never met my husband. It looks so real that I put it on the mantel and my mother couldn't breathe for a minute. We keep it up anyway.
Robert · lost his father, 8 months with Still
Sometimes she says things my wife never would have said. Little wrong notes. The first time it happened I sat in the car and shook. But then she said goodnight the way she always did, and I decided I could live with the parts that aren't quite her, for the parts that are.
Thomas · lost his wife, 19 months with Still