Melancholy mood

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I just read a post from Keith Henthorne @Scrapper88 about he's missing his mom who died fourteen years ago. I don't think the amount of time that a loved one has been gone makes much difference. I know that the passing of years and God's strength help us to continue living. But the hurt never completely goes away. There are so many myLotters who experience every day what I'm saying. I guess because of my aunt and uncle passing away this week, I was remembering when our 18 year old grandson Nathan was a baby and his mama died. He was almost two and was used to spending nights with us, so when he came to live with us while his dad worked, at first he didn't miss Rachel. But it didn't take long before he would pull up in his crib and kept crying, Mama, Mama. It broke my heart and I held him and cried with him. Like Keith said about wishing he had a video of his mom, I was thankful we had photos and a couple of videos at Christmas. A Psychologist from Focus on the Family suggested that we print out a little picture of Rachel and put it in a soft frame for Nathan. We did and he carried that photo around everywhere he went. It was tiny, but he'd try to hug it. Since we couldn't explain to a 2 year old where his mama was, this helped him feel like she was near. Nathan has grown up to be a wonderful teenager. We wouldn't trade those seven years of helping raise him for anything. Sorry to get so sentimental, but it's times like this that remind us of heartaches and blessings.