My mom passed last may. She'd been having some health problems for the preceding few months and I'd gotten in the habit of calling her daily just to check in br

My mom passed last may. She'd been having some health problems for the preceding few months and I'd gotten in the habit of calling her daily just to check in briefly. I'm grateful I did; my biggest feeling for months after she died was that I regretted not being able to talk to her any more. I do still wish I'd gotten her to talk more about her stories, but having made a conscious effort to keep even more in touch helped me a lot - particularly coming after not seeing her in person for two years due to the pandemic. Tl;dr: consciously manage your relationship. implement a plan to be in contact regularly at a frequency that works for you and them, and stick to it. It will help reduce the "if only I had" kind of regrets. Grief still hurts, but that's normal and ok.