I have lost both parents in the last 18 month's, too be honest is sucks. But like yourself I am just glad I had good parent's who gave a good start to life, taught me right from wrong and kept me and my siblings on the straight and narrow.

Whilst I was proud to be their son. I am more proud that they had resonably good live's and lived long enough to see some of their grand children and too again see we as a family are doing things right.

But it does hurt and I am presuming that it might not get any easier, I would give anything to sit down and speak with my mother again just once..............

Hope you things get easier for you and that you have a better new year.

i am not a man of faith. you could say she was the shepherd book to my malcolm reynolds.

i would like to believe that she is still in some way watching over me.

this holiday season feels especially bleak. i just don't know... i keep hanging on, i keep from slipping away because that's the kind of person she helped to make. someone who endures. someone who hopes that tomorrow offers some kind of opportunity for improvement. slim hope, but hope nonetheless.

I understand where you're coming from. I lost my Grandmother back in July, and this will be the first Christmas without her. Just know that she's still with you, and always will be.

Thank you for your kind words. It is greatly appreciated. Just so you know, my mom loved the show and it was one of the things we could talk about together. Like many others, one of the themes of firefly that had a great impact on both of us was the idea that sometimes family is the people you are fortunate enough to have come across along the way (instead of the people you might have been born to.) For the longest time all we had was each other. As a child it was just the two of us against the world.

And what I meant by I don't was I haven't lost a parent.

I am truly sorry for your loss. I can't say that it gets better and I won't belittle this moving piece by saying i understand... i don't, but I hope the passage of time allows the hurt to lessen and you to remember all the good things.