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Bittersweet mood.
I just talked to one of my best friends on the phone for like an hour. You may remember me writing about 6 weeks ago that her mom passed away after a nasty nasty NASTY fight with brain cancer for several years. Her mom watched me grow up, and I miss her terribly.
I'm feeling bittersweet. My friend sounded great - moving forward, holding her head high, and would make her mom proud the way she is handling everything. (She and her brother are settling everything - her step dad passed about 7 years ago, and her biological dad is out of the picture.) There has been a lot of things for them to handle.
She sounded so good on the phone, which makes me so happy. I'm so proud of her - her mom really raised her to be a strong, successful, wonderful woman. But this one the first lengthy conversation we have had (we were on the phone like an hour) since her mom passed. We talked about her mom quite a bit and how wonderful and amazing and inspiring she was, and it made me a little sad.
Re: Bittersweet mood.
You're allowed to be a little sad. When it comes to friend's parents, sometimes they are almost a parent to you too, so it's ok to feel this way. And I think it shows just how close you are to feel this way.
Keep being supportive to your friend, and try to talk to her more often. I think it will help both of you heal