Solutions for Successful Aging

Blue Sunday

I spent the evening listening to my aunt and my mother talk about the oddity of what we will call a "blue Sunday" This is the phenomenon that they have experienced since their spouses have died in the past year. Apparently, this day, more than any other day in the week, has a greater likelihood of bringing the sadness. I am wondering if this is a universal truth and what you all think contributes to this experience.

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Comment by Jeanette Meyer on October 31, 2008 at 1:53pm: Robyn, I think there is alot of truth to what your aunt and mother experience. I lost my dad last July and I know that on Sundays I miss him even more. That was the day that we called each other and I checked on him and my mother. At times, on Sundays, I wish I could pick up the phone and call him again and hear his humble sweet voice talk to me. I think Sunday is a day of rest as Scripture tells us, and our minds and soul rest and in this we reflect on those we love and those we wish were with us. I agree, it is a sadness. Also, I think it is a way that we stay "connected" in our love and admiration for those we all have lost. A thread of rememberance to keep us attached through memories which in turn may make us alittle "blue."

Comment by Robyn Blaikie Collins on April 1, 2009 at 3:38pm: So interesting, I'm listening to Keith Urban talk on the Ellen DeGeneres show about naming his child "Sunday" because when you have no one, Sunday can be a painful day... but once he had a family it became the best day of the week. And yesterday I was listening to a talk show on the radio and the same thought was being shared. Any ideas how we can help people take Sunday back, so It can bring joy, not pain?

Comment by Linda Prindle on August 28, 2009 at 10:13pm: My ex husband suffered from depression. It as worse on Sundays. We would go to church and then the bottom would fall out. I could predict it. My mother lives in assisted living. She gets bored on Sunday afternoons. She always tells us "all the other resident's children are visiting today". Hummm, funny when we go there on Sundays, there are only a few visitors. Must be a subtle message.