How many of us have parents that have passed away?
How or what did they pass away from?
How old were you when they passed?
How did you deal with it?
What advice do you have to help others who are going through the same thing?

If its been a long time, how often do you think of them and how to do remember them or honor them?

Do you have any regrets about that person and how do you deal with that?

My mother was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis when I was in junior high school (1996 i think) and she died in November, 2005.
I have alot of regrets and things I wish I could've/would've done.

My dad died in 1990 from lung cancer. I was only 3-years-old, so I don't remember how I dealt with it. I never really think about him, because I don't remember him. Therefore, I have no regrets or any advice on how to deal with that sort of thing.

My father passed away in 2005 from skin cancer. I was 15 or 16 years old. I was kinda in shock, I didn't want to believe it, so it made me kinda emotionless for awhile. I didn't like to show my emotions anyways, so I kind of held everything in. I don't really have any advice because I didn't go to those groups to talk with people in the same situation.

I wish that I talked to him more as he laid in the bed, but I felt so awkward because it was like talking to a statue. It just hit me really hard and I really didn't know how to react. I just never thought he would pass away, I really believed he was going to make it.

My step-father-to-be died in a plane accident. I don't remember how I coped over his death, I think I went into a mental state that tucked away my emotions of anger, hurt, and sorrow. And I realize these emotions resurface when I cry. Luckily, I haven't cried since, yesterday. :)

None of my parents have passed away, but I had a good friend who game to school in tears because her mother was found that morning on the floor dead D: (she died from an enlarged heart or something like that). Poor girl was a complete wreck ;-;, but the best thing to say is that these things happen, and you have to accept that. It may be hard, but you have to move on and not let the past get to you. But still remember those that have passed away.

I thankfully still have both of my parents and they are in good health.
However, I my highschool best friend lost her dad when she was 12 or 13. I didn't meet her until she was 14 though. You could never tell that she lost her father. I actually feel bad about it because when she told me her father died I said, "Lolol, cmon really don't joke!" Then she said she was serious and all I could say was, "Oh, I'm sorry you just didn't seem that serious when you said it!!" ><
She is happy most of the time so I really like her attitude. I have no idea what kind of wreck I would be if one of my parents died. I guess if that happened I would talk to her about what she did to cope.