Mom

It has been just over a year since my mother passed away though I miss her every day I am coming to terms with it more as each day passes.  She will always be in my heart and with me in whatever I do, but there are times I really wish I could talk to her and ask her advice on things. Those are the times I miss her most. I want to pick up the phone and say "Hey Mom, what do you think about...or what do you know about..." She always gave good advice, even when I did not take it I often later realized that I should have because she was right.

I can remember her telling me some things that I totally ignored and later learned how right she was, but she also knew I needed to learn from my own mistakes and was not one to tell me "I told you so."

I wrote out a list the other day of things I remembered about her and stories she had told me. One is that I come from strong stock. She told me that my Great-Grandmother had been one of the women who was fighting for women's rights, back when Susan B. Anthony was. She believed women having the same rights, and my mother was a leader, for women. She worked outside the home with I was a child and most mothers stayed at home.

When I look at her picture it still brings tears to my eyes as I miss her every day, but I try to remember all that she taught me and to be strong.  We did not agree on everything, but she instilled in me good values and morals and raised me a Christian with a strong belief and faith in God. I know that someday we will meet again in heaven and that she is enjoying her time in heaven in with her parents and other family members and friends who have gone before her and since.

Wishing you all many blessings.