roopower, I totally do not agree that it is 'much easier to cope with when they have had good lives'! My Mum was 85 when she died just over two years ago and there was nothing easy about it at all. I watched her die and it was the hardest and saddest thing I have ever had to do in my life. I miss her every single day and I am constantly reminded of her by allsorts of things. I keep seeing her in my mind's eye standing in her kitchen and smiling at me and it kills me that I never will see her again, at least in this life. Please don't generalise like that, my life will never be the same again now that I have lost my beloved Mum. Mother's Day is hard for everyone who have lost their Mums and the ads. almost every day are very hard to bear.