BabyLove

09.09.09

today would have been

my mom's 58th birthday!

A very special date indeed.

We all miss her.

Very much.

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I missed her hugs when i

went off to college

I missed her creative ideas when

i was planning my wedding

I missed her home decorating touches

when i moved to my first house

I still miss her helping me organize my closet,

and

going on endless Shopping Trips together

(i've yet to find anyone who can out shop her)

I miss her watching me try on clothes for hours

(no one is as patient as your mother! ;0),

and I miss planting periwinkles with her each new Spring,

and driving through Jack in the Box for Ice Tea,

and her telling me i need to trim my hair.

But never have i missed her as much

as the day i became

a MOTHER.

it's an experience like no other.

one that makes you really crave your own mother.

But

I learned a lot from her

in 19 years

and for that I am very

BLESSED...

she taught me to

to be happy

and

to be strong

and that i am!

and now I have a daughter of my own

who I get to experience the joy of teaching

all the things that my mother taught me.

and that makes me very, very

HAPPY. :-)

I will always miss my mom

and I would like to think

she would still have lots of

things to teach me

like, how to be better at making dinner every night

or

how to keep from mis-matching DaddyLove's dress socks

or

what to wear to a dinner party

but mostly, it is just the occasional

phone call that says,

"I love you

and

I'm proud of you."

That i miss the most.

*********************

Happy Birthday Mom!

i have a new shopping partner now...

one that puts you to the test!!

and

Thank you God

for knowing

I needed a daughter

even when

i didn't know.

love,

Me