I can't believe that it's been so long time-wise - although, in my ways, it seems like it was yesterday.
My mom had renal cancer, suffered for far too long (a lengthy roller coaster of a decline spanning 4 years) and so it was a blessing to finally see her at peace....but I still miss her SO MUCH!
I had bottled a lot of it inside due to there being a lot going on in my life following her death (meeting my future husband, getting engaged, getting married, having a baby - plus my dad remarried just over a year after Mom died) so I'm just dealing with it now. Becoming a mom myself brought up a lot of things and so I'm in grief counselling...and on anti-depressants.
One thing my therapist said is that our society tends to view grief in terms of TIME - as in, "it's been 6 years so you should be over it already" - but that grief doesn't know or respect boundaries like that. How true!!