We all know the feeling of loneliness, whether it is for a couple of minutes, a year, the rest of a lifetime…

But when do you feel the most lonely?

Is it when no notifications have surfaced your phone for hours, feeling as though no one is thinking about you.

Is it on your day off from work when you have no obligations, except to relax. But somehow relaxing is the last thing you are able to do. Is that when you feel lonely? The days when your mind is left to wonder…

Is it after your heart is left broken and someone who you once thought of as “your person” is no longer just that. But that is only one person… how is it that one person can make another feel so lonely?

Is it after the passing of a loved oned? A parent? A friend? A sibling? Someone who meant the world to you… My mom has felt lonely for almost ten months, ten months in exactly two days. My mom lost her person, her confidant, her own mom. Everyday she feels lonely.

Why do I allow the smallest things to make me feel lonely, when I have never felt the same feelings of loss. I just wish no one had to feel that degree of loneliness. But whether we like it or not, I have a feeling that anyone who comes across this post has felt lonely.

So let me ask you… what makes you feel lonely and how do you not feel that way? How can I fix my mom’s loneliness and even fix my own?