Dear Mommom,
Tonight, Mom and I were talking about you. I haven't been able to get you out of my mind since. Mom said something about taking your china. As if I could refuse. I will take any memory of you and cherish it and feel honored to have it with me.
Life has taken so many twists and turns for me and Paul since we lost you. I miss your strength and your common sense approach toward everything. No matter what happened in our lives, you didn't judge us, even if some things may have conflicted with your personal beliefs.
You were so incredibly special. I know you weren't perfect, but no one is. You brought me such joy. I greedily cling to my memories of you so that I don't forget one second. I'm still a little girl, singing with her grandmother in the park gazebo. I am a pre-teen girl going to NYC for the first time. I am a young woman graduating from college and you were there even though it made you ill.
When I was looking for something this weekend, I came across a tiny polaroid photograph that I took of you and Poppop at Christmas dinner in either 2004 or 2005. Like usual, you said that you looked like a mess, but you let me take the picture and you both look radiant. I held that picture close to my heart. I keep a photo of you on my desk at work and it makes me smile if I don't feel well or if I get bogged down by negative thoughts.
I love you and I miss you so very much,
Danielle
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