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…..