My mother died of metastatic colorectal cancer shortly before three P.M. on Christmas Day of 2008. I don't know the exact time of her death, because none of us thought to look at a clock for a while after she stopped breathing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died.
I remember the day my mother died, and it's still hard to talk about it. I just blocked it out.
When my sister was diagnosed with cancer in 1989, her doctor told her that the cancer had probably been in her system for 10 years. By the time cancer's diagnosed, it's usually been around for quite a while.
My mum died when I was 11.
My mother died of cystic fibrosis before I knew her. I was two years old, and I don't remember her. I do remember, though, when it was just my father and me, before he met the woman who would become the mother who raised me, before my younger sister, Gillian. It was just the two of us, and he was my whole world.
My mom died when I was 11 years old.
My mum had 14 pregnancies - but only four of us survived. We had a little sister born for a few days and she died. There had to be a funeral.
In December 1988, my mother died of lung cancer. I died too. I couldn't function.
My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.