My mom’s death brought me back to life But not immediately. Losing my mom rocked my world much more then I actually thought it would. Maybe it was the 8 months of seeing her decline, maybe it was seeing her starting to check out, maybe it was explaining to my kids that my mother was dying and they too would be losing someone they loved. Whatever it was, it was terrible. All of it. I knew it would be. At least I thought I did. But nothing could prepare me for losing my mom. My