Dear Mom, As the years go by, the constant thoughts of you begin to fade. Our lives continue to move forward without you, but we still take a piece of you with us wherever we go. We may not think about you daily but that doesn’t mean we have forgotten you; it just means we have had time to heal. […]
I wonder how you feltThe day I was born.I hope I was everything you wished forAnd more. I wonder what you thoughtThe first day you dropped me off at school.Were you joyful or sadOr playing it cool? I wonder what dreams you had for me.Were they the same as mine?To get married and have kidsOnly to find out it wasn’t […]
Dear Mom, If you were here today, we would sit on the deck together and enjoy this Fall weather. We’d reminisce about the trip we took to the New England states to see the Fall colors (yes, the trip we took without Dad, lol). We would enjoy the crisp air, watch the leaves from the Walnut trees float to the […]
Dear Mom, I remember when our summer vacations consisted of amusement parks and water parks. Standing in long lines just to ride a roller coaster and feel the wind in our hair, and quickly moving to the next long line and next roller coaster. As a child, I never understood why you didn’t ride with us. You would patiently wait […]
Dear Mom, It’s been 7 years since I watched you take your last breath. It’s an image that will always stick with me. A vivid image where I literally watched the blood stop flowing through your body. I was in denial throughout your entire battle with cancer, because I knew in my heart you would beat that horrible disease. With […]
Dear Mom, There are so many things I wish I could tell you right now. I wish I could tell you that I just retired, or that I’m learning to play piano, or that I found a church that I love and I even get to do “video stuff” there. And I wish I could tell you about all the […]