THANKS MOM
I wrote this several years ago when I was living in Dallas. My parents are both gone now, by I still think of them almost every day. I cherish the memories I have of them... 💕 I just got back a few days ago from a visit with my dad in Mississippi. While I was there, I went by Mom’s gravesite for the first time since her funeral. It was so strange being at their house without her there. And it was even stranger to sit on a headstone and realize that my mother was under that mound of still-fresh earth. Yesterday, on her birthday, I just missed her. I thought about her off and on all day. The weather was relentlessly hot and the air-conditioning at work wasn’t working properly. When I got home last night, I was hot, sweaty, and tired. All I could think of was a cool shower, and iced tea and pizza in bed, watching HGTV. I dug through my dresser drawer for a clean tee shirt and leggings. I haven’t slept in pajamas or a night gown since I was a kid. Underneath the usual stack of black te
