You are so dearly missed today. I need my Mom so badly right now, the one person in the world who I know loves me unconditionally and I her. We had tough times but we always figured them out because a Mother-Daughter relationship is the strongest bond humankind has. I love you. 12 years without you. ♥️

Happy birthday mom….how different it looks for you this year with a few others celebrating your birthday with you up in Heaven….you are so missed…..love you so very much xoxoxoxoxo

Mom….I have been struggling this past week and could not figure out why…and then I realized quickly…..in the next week and a few days, it will be the tenth anniversary of you leaving us. On your own terms, in your own way. And oh how I miss you. Every day I think of you, mostly with giggles and smiles. And sometimes with tears. So much has changed since you left us…..You now have others that have joined you - Aunt Gerry, Aunt Vivian, Aunt Cissy, Justen and Jill…..and I am certain the card games are quite the events in Heaven! I listen to voicemails I have saved that you had left me. I cherish those so I can hear your voice. But oh how I miss the hugs, the conversations, the laughter….I love you more today than yesterday and miss you more today than yesterday as well….love you with all my heart…..

Four years. How much life has changed since we said goodbye. More and more as I become older, I need to talk with you and I understand so much more about "our" role in the family and in life. I am having a very hard time understanding how some daughters can shut out their mothers from their lives. I'm learning every day that our relationship was one that no one on earth had because they aren't/weren't us. I miss that dearly but am so happy that we had it. Thank you for all you have done for me. Love you, Mom!!

It's been one year and I can honestly say now that I am so comforted that I spent the last hours with you. I will treasure them always and will never forget your last breath--as you told me, "this will be something that you will never forget". I'm not sure I will never fully understand the depth at which you were speaking. But I can feel it.

Here's what I posted on FB --I haven't posted anything, yet, but I will tonight. I am thankful that I had my mother for 80+ years. I know that there are many people in my life who have not been able to share with their Moms what I did with her in the last years and I am so thankful that I was able to be there for her. It may seem very, very strange, on the 1st anniversary of her death

I was thinking about you today and remembering how great you always were at giving gifts. You would pay attention to things I would say in passing and makes mental notes for Christmas and birthdays. I loved that on the morning of my wedding you gave me a pair of foo foo fuzzy slippers because I had told you once how I thought they were so cool! And there was my "Gone With The Wind" book!

Today is your birthday, Granny. I miss you more and more everyday. I wish we could be together today celebrating you. I will sign off in my usual way whenever I sent you a card or note...Love ya, Gran! Xoxoxo

Mom was her own character, one of her own making. She loved to dance, grow vegetables, crochet baby clothes for her grandchildren, play bridge, talk, learn, and listen. The greatest gift to me was her listening. I could say whatever I needed to, even if it wasn't a popular opinion and she disagreed. I was allowed to have my thoughts. Only one other person in my life gives me that.