Eighteen Years

I have officially lived just as long without my mom as I had lived with her. 18 years.

I think back to how grown I thought I was before I lost her.

How grown I had to be when I lost her.

And how much I’ve grown since I lost her.

I look back at her life before me, our lives together, and my life after her.

Every parents goal is for their children to do and be better than themselves. And I aspire to do that every day.

My mom dealt with a lot of heavy in her life, and she never got the opportunity to heal and grow from it all.

I hope and pray that the efforts I put into my own healing, my children’s well being, and the legacy my husband and I will leave behind is something she can look down on with pride.

Behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begins.

- Mitch Albom