I Still Talk to My Mom After She Died

I know she’s gone.

I know she can’t answer.

I still talk to her anyway.

Sometimes it’s in the car.

Sometimes while I’m making dinner.

Sometimes when something good happens and she’s still the first person I think about.

Love Doesn’t Stop Looking for Somewhere to Go

People don’t usually talk about this.

But it’s more common than you think.

Love doesn’t disappear because someone dies.

Neither does the habit of sharing life with them.

After years of telling her things — the small things, the big things, the things you told nobody else — the impulse doesn’t just switch off.

It keeps looking for somewhere to land.

If you’ve searched “I still talk to my mom after she died,” you might be wondering if something is wrong with you.

There isn’t.

Talking to someone you’ve loved for years isn’t pretending they’re still alive.

It’s one of the ways love continues after loss.

You don’t have to explain it here.

You don’t have to apologize for it.