On any given day I can expect to be referenced as mom or mother by Cheyenne. I am sure she calls me other things as well when I am not around. On a rare occasion she will call me mommy - typically that comes packaged in the phrase, "I love you mommy!" Ah yes, I [...]
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Call your mother…
It is that time again - October 24th - my mother's birthday. Regular readers will recall that I write about my mother specifically every year on the occasion of her birthday (2009, 2010) even though she has been gone nine and a half years now. I envy folks who still have their mother here with [...]
You still need your mother…
This day marks the tenth Mother's Day that I have been without my mother. I no longer go to the Mother's Day card aisle looking for the perfect card. Mostly I just sigh as I pass the aisle and think about how that part of my life is gone now. It is good that there [...]
October 24
Today is my mother's birthday. My mom passed away quite unexpectedly eight and a half years ago as a result of a massive stroke. Ever since then I have been more cognizant of how much all the things she taught me matter. I gave the eulogy at my mother's funeral. I typed it all out [...]
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