Dear Mom: Happy Mother's Day

CHEERS MOM!

Dear Mom - 

Happy Mother's Day.

This twelvemonth is dissimilar from all the Mother's Days of the past. 

 We're non sitting across from ane roughly other sharing brunch or having Pinot Griglio and laughs over dinner.

 And I fille yous something awful. 

Mom, there's non a solar daytime that goes yesteryear that I don't intend close yous in addition to if truth live on told, at that spot hasn't been a solar daytime since you've gone that I haven't she a tear.

I know that I was lucky to accept had yous inward my life for therefore long 

and I abide by comfort that the best parts of me are the best parts of you. 

And I know through the niggling signs that yous larn out for me that yous are all the same amongst me inward spirit. 

Like yesterday, when I took a walk to larn roughly much needed do in addition to to clear my head, in addition to I spent a lot of fourth dimension thinking close yous in addition to how much I missed you. 

And I was thinking close the amazing garden of majestic irises, lilies, daffodils in addition to roses yous created in addition to how every fourth dimension I saw whatsoever of those flowers I was reminded of you. 

And equally that real idea was going through my caput I turned in addition to looked inward a shop window in addition to saw a giant ikon of a majestic Iris - Which was ane of your absolute favorite flowers. 

You'd planted at to the lowest degree a 100 inward your garden in addition to immediately amongst the trace solid sold in addition to torn down, they're all gone. 

I'd been thinking close your irises for weeks in addition to all of sudden, at that spot was a giant ikon of ane simply when I was missing yous most. 

And at that moment, I knew yous were amongst me. 

One solar daytime I stopped over a friend's trace solid to drib something off, but she wasn't home.

And equally I stood on the porch talking amongst her husband, he of a precipitous stopped mid judgement in addition to said: Oh my God Kel, when yous said that, yous await simply similar your mom  - It's scary. 

I never realized how much the ii of yous looked alike until now.

And those words made me experience happy in addition to skillful in addition to they made me smile. 

On the days where I abide by myself tired in addition to demand an added force to larn something done, 

I inquire yous for roughly aid therefore that I tin turn through the muck because I desire to brand us both proud. 

And therefore ix times out of 10 I do. 

So thanks for that. 

And when Cristin was nominated for a Tony Award a few weeks back, 

I constitute tremendous comfort inward the fact that the nighttime of the Tony Awards is June 10th, which happens to live on your birthday. 

And I knew inward my pump in addition to inward my caput that it was no coincidence at all. 

It was your means of showing me that non solely did yous know Cristin was nominated, but that you've been keeping an oculus on what's going on from your spot inward the heaven - And that, similar yous is a beautiful in addition to wonderful thing.

So happy Mother's Day Mom - I love you, 

Kelly

#6

One of Marjory's Irises
circa 2010