This is a story of how a son helps his mom cope with a family loss.
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The funeral was over and the limousine was taking me and my mom home to our empty house.
We just buried my dad who died suddenly from a heart attack. My mom was devastated as was I. Dad was only 50 and never had a health problem. This took us completely by surprise.
Now, my mom at 45 and I at 18 had to move on with our lives, alone.
Fortunately, my dad had great life insurance from work plus his own private insurance so we didn't have to worry about money. The house was paid for, as well.
Over the next few weeks, neighbors and friends stopped by with food and to see how we were doing. But after awhile, this became less and less.
At night, I would often hear my mom crying in her bedroom. I didn't know what to do or how to comfort her.
I was supposed to go to college in the fall, but I put it off one semester so I could stay with my mom.
No matter what I did for my mom, it just seemed like it didn't help.
One night I took my shower before I went to bed. As I finished my shower, I wrapped myself in my towel and was heading to bed when I heard my mom sobbing.
I went in her bedroom to try to comfort her. She was sitting on the edge of the bed in tears. I went over to her and sat down not realizing my towel had parted a bit and I was exposed.
I held her in my arms and told her everything would be fine. I reminded her that we were well off financially and that dad would not want her to be constantly crying or feeling badly. He would want her to go on with her life.
We held each other for awhile and for some strange reason, I started getting an erection. I tried to hide it but mom noticed it and suggested I go to my room and to bed.
As I got up, the towel fell to the floor and I was now naked in front of my mom. I looked at mom and she looked at me and started crying again.
I didn't even bother to cover up again as I asked Mom what the problem was. She looked at me and said that one thing she will miss a lot is the intimacy she shared with my dad and that seeing me naked reminded her of that.
I sat down again and held her. Suddenly, she turned her head towards me and kissed me, not a thank you kiss, but a sexual type kiss.