Bereavement

I'm sorry she was stern and distant to you kids. I'm sure she was sorry she was, too. That generation of women was sort of the last of those who knew that many children didn't survive childhood and sometimes it's better not to get too close. Some were actually taught that by their own mothers who had lost too many children of their own. I don't know if that's the case with your mum. Just a thought, though. My own mother lost siblings as infants. And then the depression came along. And then WWII.

Their perspective was certainly different than our own, wasn't it? It makes me very grateful for my really sweet grandmothers. How did they do it, having gone through the same things? But they did.

I'm so sorry for your loss. And for the loss of your Golden, too.