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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-11-16 03:47 pm

[ SECRET POST #2510 ]


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Re: Family guilt

(Anonymous) 2013-11-17 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
OP, you can't blame yourself. Even adults can't always help someone who is overwhelmed with life's trials and can't seem to stop doing terrible, self-destructive things, and you were just a tiny baby. I'm sure that however sad and difficult her life was, your mother hoped for better things for you--and quite possibly, that was one of the few bright spots in her life. Imagine how proud and happy your accomplishments would have made her.

It seems very sad to forget about someone, to write them off in death to the point of never visiting their grave if it's in your power to do so--to me, only people who are the very worst to you would warrant that. But part of that is because I've always lived in the same town where my relatives are buried, and my family has always visited their graves and told stories about them, till I almost felt I knew my dead grandparents even though I had never met them. And our church has its rituals to commemorate the anniversaries of their deaths. It has always made me feel that the dead relatives are as much a part of the family's life as the living ones.

Do you think your grandparents would tell you where to find your mom's grave (assuming you still have contact with them)--or at least give you some information to get you started? Also, I've never tried findagrave.com, but that might be a place to look.