How many months have to pass before I stop saying, “It’s been x number of months since my dad died?” Just FYI: it’s been 3 months today, in case you’re counting with me.
Advertisements
How Many Months?
05 Thursday May 2016
Posted in death, dementia, Uncategorized
I don’t know if you ever stop counting. .. I’ve been thinking of myself as an adult orphan for 49 months now, since my mom died in April 2012.
LikeLike
I keep assuming that when I get to 13 months, I’ll start to lose count and will switch to counting years, but the responses I’m getting to friends on Facebook sounds like your comment. The months will keep ticking by.
LikeLike
I’ll let you know next month … 1 year anniversary of my mom’s death is this month. I feel like I too will stop doing the monthly markers but we’ll see. It will be the 5 year anniversary of my dad’s death in Dec. and while I think of him often, I don’t reflect on the day of his death other than on an annual basis now.
LikeLike
I suspect I’ll be that way, too. Historically, I’ve only ever consciously marked years, so this monthly thing is new for me.
LikeLike
Pingback: Grief by the numbers | The Memories Project