“She was so excited the most excited I’d seen her be in years.
I wish we could have gone together.
I only saw her as ‘Mom’ and not anything else.”
Here are some of the most eye-opening and emotional responses:
1.
My mom had a few drinks and was dancing like a teenager.
I saw a fire in her I’d never seen before.
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3.
I can’t imagine how that made my mom feel."
“My mom’s father was in the military, so they moved all over America and beyond.
She lived in almost every Southern and East Coast state,France, Germany, Korea, and more.
That’s when I realized my mom was just a little kid once, too.
And you’d better believe we went on a shopping spree!
The look on her face recounting all those old memories was priceless.”
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5.
“I always knew my mom’s life was rough growing up.
She was the youngest of 10 kids, and her father died when she was only 15.
A year later, I visited my mom and saw the book empty.
That hurt my heart and made me love and respect her even more.”
“I was 13, and it was a couple of months after my dad died from cancer.
That was the first time I’d ever seen her cry.
She always did it when my brother and I weren’t around.
I didn’t know what to do, so I just went and hugged her.
As I continued growing up, I also saw ‘the girl’ in happier times.
Hannah, 26, Scotland
7.
“My moment was when I saw a picture of my mom before she went to prom.
She had this pink dress on, and her hair was dark and permed.
What really hit me about the photo, though, was how nervous and self-conscious she looked.
She was just a kid back then.
It broke my heart looking at that photo.”
She had TONS of stories, and they just came spilling out.
It was the best night.”
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She and my dad remained married until he died.
She didn’t condone my actions, but she didn’t show me contempt, either.
“My mother has a lot of mental health issues and spent my childhood taking them out on me.
Neither one of us deserved the childhood we had.”
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“I realized it when we were planning my wedding.
I was only 21 but graduated from university early and was moving to the opposite coast.
Basically, I had my mom’s dream wedding.
I am so glad she got to experience what she couldn’t have.”
“Not my mom, but my grandma.
She’d always been full of piss and vinegar, but she was always just an old lady.
A few nights a week, she went to play bingo.
I had no idea.
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“I once found a men’s class ring in my mom’s jewelry box.
He replied, ‘Not really, because he passed away.’
A guy was in the dorm, so my mom walked in and asked who he was listening to.
Apparently, he had a knack for picking up on artists who would go on to be huge.
That guy turned into my mom’s college boyfriend.”
“When my mom passed, I started going through her things.
I learned so much about her.
She hid a lot of it from us.
She never got her dream of going to Disneyland and meeting Buzz and Woody, either.
We were going to take her, but then COVID happened.
She was so excited the most excited I’d seen her be in years.
I wish we could have gone together.
I only saw her as ‘Mom’ and not anything else.”
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“My parents divorced when I was two.
My mom went through that alone.
I’m 24 and can’t imagine going through what she did at such a young age.”
When I asked her why, she said, ‘I don’t have my mother anymore.’
It made me realize how much daughters miss their mothers, regardless of age.”
Amanda, 27, Indiana
17.
She looked so young!
For a long time, I saw my mom as this authoritative figure.
“My grandparents were never around for my mother and her siblings.
My mom, uncle, and aunt pretty much grew up by themselves.
But while my sister and I were growing up, our mom gave us as much as possible.
Her face lit up.
When she said, ‘My mom never bought things like this for me,’ my heart broke.
She looked at me all nervous and asked if she looked okay.
It hit me then like a bag of bricks: my mom was insecure and scared.
Just a girl like me.
But yeah, you looked fabulous, Mom.”
