The loss of a parent is an incredibly tough and heart-wrenching experience. One individual found a poignant way to maintain a connection with their dearly departed mother.
The widely-followed social media account Fesshole, on X – previously known as Twitter – has gained over a million followers for offering a platform where users can anonymously share confessions to be judged by the public.
And in a recent moving post, an anonymous person revealed: “After mum died, every few weeks I’d email her and tell her what we and her grandkids have been up to. Nearly four years later and the last email came back undeliverable as mailbox full. Kinda upset, it was my way of not letting go. Love ya mum.”
This confession resonated with many, attracting more than 30,000 likes, 1.4 million views, and hundreds of comments from individuals eager to offer their insights or share similar experiences. A user on X suggested: “It’s time to start writing them by hand my dude. She can still see them.”
Another concurred, simply stating: “Keep writing.” A third remarked: “You can talk to her directly. She’s listening. Don’t need email.”
Offering a personal anecdote, one Fesshole fan wrote: “My best friend passed last November, I send him Facebook Messenger messages all the time, venting, keeping him up on things, etc… it does help me cope. I told his widow, more to make sure she didn’t close the account, or reply to me and freak me out.”
Another individual opened up about their similar way of coping, adding: “I fully understand your pain, mate. Until I was hacked on Facebook a few months ago I’d send my best friend, who died two years ago, messages and life updates. Even if I rejoin with a different account, I won’t be able to befriend him again.”
Another expressed how fresh their grief was and said: “My mum died three weeks ago and I can’t [bear] to delete her voice notes and I’ve been texting her telling her about my day. It’s turned into a daily diary”.
Someone else revealed: “I keep a draft in my email where I write things to my mom about what’s happening in my life, funny things that remind me of her, anecdotes, movies we loved that were on TV that night. She’s been gone 8 years and I still do it, though far less so than I did the first few years.”
Additionally, another recounted: “I still WhatsApp my mum with what my children and I are up to. 2.5 years now and no blue ticks. Miss you mum.”
One individual echoed their heartache and added: “Yes, it’s the telling them about the family I miss most too. My mum died 2 years ago, and in that half-waking state between snoozes this morning I thought of something I wanted to show her, only for that ice-bucket of reality to hit me a few seconds later.”