I have just passed the two year anniversary of my mum passing a couple of months back. I am very sorry @CANDC, that is really something so terrible. In the other year I wish I had learned something I could tell you that makes it easier. I am yet to get over it and don't know that I will, I am right now sitting in the room that was hers. Her presence is still here, and what I mean by that is not something supernatural. It is just the way the way things smell and everyplace I look I see her. As Einstein put it, "Without the past there could be no present or future." Real ghosts live in our minds and memories, maybe even more importantly our hearts. I think there are some things that never leave us. It isn't always such a bad thing as it provides connection for us. If I were there I would give you a hug, so sorry.