Tag: loved ones

  • One Year Later…..

    I can’t help but think that I was driving home a year ago.  That at about 11:00, Jessica called me, telling me Mom sounded funny.

    That 10 minutes later, as I entered her apartment, I knew she was gone.

    So many firsts, and the hardest ones were Christmas and her birthday, just 2 weeks ago.  We never know, do we, how short our time might be?

    Many people ask me what I’m doing for Mother’s Day.   My beautiful daughters will make me a wonderful, yummy lunch and lemon meringue pie….which my mom also loved.

    And I will remember her, and try to write down what I remember that isn’t written down already, and try to live by a quote I read by Crystal Paine:

    “Don’t let another priceless moment slip through your fingers because
    you are ‘too busy’. While you have the time, take the time.”

    I miss her….her messages are still on my answering machine.  And I wear her ring nearly every time I leave the house.

    God has been so good, to encourage my heart (like sending cards from Heaven!) , giving me a Scripture or quote to comfort me, and to hold me when I cry.

    And the greatest Mother’s Day gift I could receive, is if you would read this post from a year ago, and make time for your mom.

    Please do.

    You’ll be so very glad you did.

    HUGS to you and your mom, from me.