Mama

A year ago tomorrow, I lost the woman that gave me life. A year ago tomorrow, I lost the woman who, whether she knew it or not, shaped who I am today (for better or for worse). A year ago tomorrow I lost my friend. A year ago tomorrow I lost my mom. Here she is when she was 19.

 

 

 

What a pretty lady, huh? Yeah, I thought so too. She was always so cute! Didn't really look her age when she died last year. (She was 50, but really looked younger, not a wrinkle or gray hair to speak of!)

My mom had a small personality, that taught me, to get what I want I need to have a big personality. My mom was always nice, everybody loved her, that taught me, if you want to get farther in life and with people, you need to be polite, you need to be NICE. She had a huge heart, I have the same.

I learned a lot from that woman. I think about her EVERY DAY. And I miss her like crazy. I won't have her around on my wedding day, she won't ever meet her grandbabies. But the things that really bring me to tears is when I think about things like I won't ever get to call her when I need to know if something is still OK to eat. ("How does it smell?"  she would ask me when I called her about expired lunch meat) 



Every time I look in the mirror. I SEE HER.

 

 

See what I mean?

 

 

 

(Here we all are at a wedding of a friend of the family! Her smile is so cute!)

 

 

I miss my mom every day. She was a great woman, a great wife and a great person. Of course she wasn't perfect, but none of us are. She will be with me always, and I will make her proud, because I know, I KNOW she is in heaven watching over me, I want her to know I will be alright and HAPPY.

 

 

(That's us again!)

 

 

RIP Mama

 February 4, 1962 - June 11, 2012