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'My Mom'
Chocolate Genius (1998)
The Breakdown: Recent Springsteen sideman cut this heartbreaker about a return visit to his childhood home, and the mother he was losing to senility.
The Waterworks: "My mom, my sweet mom/She don't remember my name."
Casualty Count: One Alzheimer's victim (and one dog).
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Reader Comments(1 of 3)
Dawnat 5-05-2007
I been thru this twice, my dad, my grandma and now my mother it isn't easy to see your loves one that were once so brillant, loving and knows every one, full of lif. And now it hurts them as weel as you , when they don't remmeber but they remmber 30 yrs or more ago. I wil always love my mom not matter if remmber my name or not
Dawnat 5-05-2007
I been thru this twice, my dad, my grandma and now my mother it isn't easy to see your loves one that were once so brillant, loving and knows every one, full of lif. And now it hurts them as weel as you , when they don't remmeber but they remmber 30 yrs or more ago. I wil always love my mom not matter if remmber my name or not
Lisaat 5-05-2007
I understand. Beautiful.
Kenat 5-05-2007
This is the saddest song I ever heard!!!
Sonneyat 5-05-2007
well the damn thing isn't cueing up the friggin' song!?!
Anyway, I'm iiikingtom@aol.com and I love ladies for free,
Ask for "Malcolm" in Marion, Illinois of America.
He is a lover.
big bat 5-05-2007
I do not usually address sites like this. But this touched me so deeply that I just had to say, "Wow", what a powerful song , I loved it.
kathyat 5-05-2007
We are going through this now with my father-in-law. Thankfully, he can still remember immediate family names. But he thinks his parents are still alive. They passed away in 1983 and 1985. He keeps asking my mother-in-law when they are getting married. They just celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary!
This song was tough to listen to but it reminds us that we are not alone in dealing with this disease.
janaat 5-05-2007
now this IS a sad song.
Donnaat 5-05-2007
Kathy...
I will pray for your father in law...
Your right "we are not alone"
but when I look in my Mom's eyes she's so emty and
she seems alone...
I want to say...."How could you forget me, I'm your baby girl"
sherryat 5-05-2007
A very sad and heart tugging song. Makes you want to grab a tissue and just have a good cry...
pooksilbyat 5-06-2007
Donna you have a great son to say something like that. I love that quote, "At least you were the last one she forgot."
yvetteat 5-06-2007
this song is actually the first one i have come to that was truely sad....one of my grandfathers died not remembering anyone and my living grandfather doesnt remember too much anymore and its hard to watch that happen especially since my grandmother recently died of cancer and she is the only one he sometimes remembers and everytime someone has to remind him of what happened....he doesnt remember any of his children....my mama has been through a lot and the doctors say my fathers supposedly gonna have memory problems too....what a depressing thought....damn time to get off depressing songs!!!!!!!!!!!
Daphneat 5-06-2007
My mother died in 2001 of Alzheimers. The one thing I remembered was that I sang her favorite song at the nursing home. She hadn't talked for months they told me (I live out of state and culd only visit occasionally). This most amazing voice came from her and we sang verse after verse, chorus after chorus until I was out of breath. Then the door shut on her eyes and she was gone again. My last gift to her was to style her hair for her funeral..to see my dad's face and his tears of losing his bride of 51 years...this song reminds me of all these things. I miss her so.
Darat 5-06-2007
Ok this has got be closer to # 1.I cried from beggining to end.
Hollyat 5-06-2007
My grandmother passed away in my arms just 3 weeks ago. THis song says it all. She didn't recognize any of us until the final moment. She told me to always stay right with myself. Get healthy and happy for myself because when my time comes only I will be accountable. She said she loved me and called me by name. It had been 4 years since she knew my name. Thanks so much for this beautiful song. It has touched my heart in such a way.
Hollyat 5-06-2007
My grandmother passed away in my arms just 3 weeks ago tonight. She didn't know any of the famly members name for such a long time. Just moments before she passed, she told me she loved me. She told me to always be happy and healthy. She said that when it came time for me to go, that it was up to only me to be accountable for myself. She said she loved my. The best part was that she said my name. It had been 4 years she she said my name. Thank you so much for this song. My heart is overflowing.
theresaat 5-06-2007
My memere (grandma) did not have Alzheimers but she did have cancer. I was her first granddaughter, God child, named after her, and very close with her. She was dying a little everyday and the last time I saw her, on a nursing bed at my pepere's house, she didn't remember me. She remembered people she barely knew, my brothers, my sisters.. but not me. It's okay though because I already knew she loved me, and maybe God only let her remember the people that needed to know that she loved them too.
Jennat 5-06-2007
I am not personally going through this. But I work in a nursing home with both the elderly and younger folks. And it is absolutly heartbreaking day to day to see what this disease is doing to a lot of them as well as their families. These people whom were once vital, active, men, woman and members of their communities are now trapped in their own bodies and minds. A lot of them not even knowing from day to day who they are, where they are or even what day of the week it is. Not knowing family members when they come to see them. Especially younger ones such as grandchildren and great grandchildren. And a lot of children this young somehow think it is their fault that somehow they have done something wrong because grandma or grandpa does not even know who they are. It is heart breaking to see this from day to day. And a lot of times it breaks your heart even more to see what it is doing to the families of these individuals more than the individuals themselves. To think people live their whole lives just to end up in a state such as this. And the sad part about it is, that it could happen to anyone of us in our lifetime.
OLIVERat 5-06-2007
As I listen to this song it reminds me all to well how life is too short and how we dont have the time anymore to visit with our loved ones like we should. We realize it when its too late . Again this song should touch each and everyone of us because we are all giulty.
Katicaat 5-06-2007
very sad song,Icried more reding post of the peoples comments since my mom is going through stages of Alzhemer's and the hardship is even harder on family.I feel I lost my mom 4 years ago and entire family is so tired and wish it all can be allover...but none knows when..and how much more suffering will'have to endure.I remember my mom begging me to end her life because she did not want to live any more... I told her I could not do that because law does not recognize assisted suicide.My opinion is that this is wrong and that people should be allowed to die when they do not wish to live any more and in her case she is wasting away in Nursing home and all of us are feeling pain without repair.