Thanks for sharing Bert. I’ve been there too. Everyone has already said it well, so I just wanted to connect with you and perhaps remind you that the best gift you could send to your mom, would be to pour the same love your mom gifted to you, into someone for whom you care. As you know, you can’t keep it, and it grows on only if we give it freely.
May God bless you and your family,
Richard
Bert, my condolences for you…
reading your post i felt sad…, cause sometimes i do not have a well “comunication” with my mom or my dad…, you know…the persons believe that the parents lives forever… and waste time…
Bert,
Sound like you had a great mother. You are very lucky for her encouragement to do what you what. She was too young, this is a loss. I lost both my parents in the last few years and know the feeling, hang in there, I feel for you bro.
Grant
Bert- I am so sorry to hear of your loss. Many of us have been through the same. My beloved,kind,funny and supportive Dad died in December- I really miss him. You are lucky to have such fine memories of your mom- thanks for sharing them with us.Hang in there, put one foot in front of the other. All our best, Steiny
You were fortunate, then, and we are all less fortunate now, 'cos people like her are too few and far between in the surf world now. I’d say something like “keep her attitude and spirit going” but it’s bloody obvious that you do.
Hang in there, my friend. She lives on in you. And I’ll just bet she’s proud of ya.
doc…
I’m sorry to hear about the loss of your mum Bert. Life will seem pretty hard at the moment but it gets better and better with time.
Michael
Bert,
Very,very sorry you lost your mom. Sounds like she was a great lady and mom. Prayers and heartfelt well wishes for you and your family. Mike
Sorry for your loss Bert, and I will keep you in my prayers and hope you are able to get through this loss. Just remember, you have friends here. Dont bottle things up man. I cant imagine what you are going through. Take it as easy as possible.
Aloha
Bryan
Sorry for your loss. She looked like a good person and sounds like a great mother. I wish I had a mother that shared such a life with me. Actually I’m the only surfer in my whole family so I had no real backing. Sorry again and thanks for sharing.
God Bless,
Da Cheetah
Bert. my condolence to you and your family. wow you were so blessed to have a mom like that. God bless!
Hi Bert,
My family and I wish to let you know we are with you in this time of sorrow,all mum's live on in each of us and were never really left alone. Swaylockian's are with you too Mate.
Rod Sue & Morgan.
Bert, I have travelled down this same road. Some 25 years ago now. My mum’s spirit lives on in the surf at the Wedge, on Sydneys Northern beaches. Bert, my thoughts are with you and your family.platty.
My sincerest condolences.
Dave
my condolences , Bert. it seems your mum was a big part in your live, that makes the loss so much harder. keep up her good work and she will live through you for ever.
to everyone who commented …a big thankyou,
ive been a real mess for the last few days…and this type of support is helping alot…
most of my customers who have been able to find me, have ended up being part time phsycologists, ive been unloading on everyone who will listen…
my poor wife has really been putting in overtime…
she went down the coast yesterday to nurse her own mother who doesnt have long now…
so without her here , everyone who crosses my path , has substituted for a listening ear…
i was real touched by all those responses…still some serious pain happening…
im gonna leave off posting for a while …have a lot of things to clean up …
such a sureal experience , looking through a brochure of coffins…
probably the hardest job ive ever had to tackle ,packing away someones life…
i got a 9’-6" mal that i own ,dewaxed it buffed it and covered the whole bottom in photos and made a big collarge of mums life from a photo of 3 weeks old to one a few months back…
i think it was good therapy for me…
ok im out for a while …thanks for the support and understanding…
regards
BERT
Bert – its guys like you that make this a better place… If I might give some first hand advice on similar circumstances, keep doing what you described. Unload that backpack as often as needed…it helps, some. You’re a friend to us all, in this very small world.
nothing chinches up the belly strap on the saddle of maturity more than becoming the seniority member of the family …yoou can be the kid as long as your folks are alive but when they are really not there you are it ,like a game of tag all decisions and decisions and responsibilities are on you barmitzva. ceremonial circumcision, big surf are piffle …now yoo are a man… buy a coffin? make your mom a bitchin deluxe coffin by hand what a magnum devotional… ambrose…blessings showering you from above