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Category: sad


Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother’s hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she died. She simply said, “I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often.” MMT

#10058 (0) - Sep 1, 2010 by Jess - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (340) - No, that made me sleepy. (21)

Today at the Atlanta airport, as I walked off a plane dressed in my Army uniform, a little girl grabbed my hand and asked me if I would be going back overseas soon. I told her I would be in 6 weeks. She smiled and said, “Can you please tell my daddy that I love him. My mommy told me he’s never coming home from over there.” MMT

#10046 (3) - Sep 1, 2010 by Lt. PDP - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (457) - No, that made me sleepy. (25)

Today, is the day I had planned to tell him how much I love him, if only he had made it back from Iraq. MMT

#10034 (1) - Aug 31, 2010 by Alice - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (276) - No, that made me sleepy. (134)

Today, I told my depressed ex-husband to leave me alone and go jump off a bridge. Tonight, he chose to jump off his apartment building instead. MMT

#10010 (3) - Aug 31, 2010 by june - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (350) - No, that made me sleepy. (26)

Today, and every day that passes, seems like a gradual decent into a way of life I always assumed I could avoid. MMT

#9998 (1) - Aug 31, 2010 by dahli - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (228) - No, that made me sleepy. (23)

Today, she washed the blood stains off the carpet without even asking where they came from. MMT

#9974 (0) - Aug 30, 2010 by Alec - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (279) - No, that made me sleepy. (29)

Today, my mom died of lung cancer. She was only 43. And my two older brothers still refuse to quit smoking. MMT

#9966 (0) - Aug 30, 2010 by Anonymous - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (270) - No, that made me sleepy. (23)

Today, I went to my grandmother's funeral. The day before she died, I drove right by her house and thought of visiting her, but I had a lot of homework, so instead I went home and decided to visit her when I wasn't so busy. MMT

#9926 (2) - Aug 29, 2010 by caliborn91 - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (356) - No, that made me sleepy. (11)

Today, I was on the computer to kill some time. Last year, one of my very good friends died in a car accident. Facebook keeps suggesting that I "Reconnect with him." I wish I could. MMT.

#9907 (3) - Aug 28, 2010 by Adrian - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (433) - No, that made me sleepy. (11)

Today, I cried when I saw the cuts on my daughters arms. But couldn't tell her not to hurt herself that way, because I do it too. MMT

#9867 (3) - Aug 26, 2010 by colleen - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (417) - No, that made me sleepy. (37)

Today, I learned the hard way that she doesn’t want to be loved. MMT

#9863 (9) - Aug 26, 2010 by broken - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (285) - No, that made me sleepy. (39)

Today, as I was cleaning out my closet and packing for college, I found the sweatshirt you gave me freshman year. It still smells like you, and I'm still crying. If that man hadn't been drinking that night, I know you would be coming to the same college with me, just like we planned. MMT

#9858 (0) - Aug 25, 2010 by imissyoulove - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (510) - No, that made me sleepy. (18)

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