Today’s Daily Prompt is
Hi, Mom!
Today is Mother’s Day in the United States. Wherever in the world you are, write your mother a letter.
Dear Mom,
I’m sure you’re doing fine up in Heaven, but let me just take a minute to say, “I Miss You.” You left Earth a little over a year ago, but I miss you as much as, if not more than I did last Mother’s Day.
No, you weren’t the perfect Mom, but who is. Jesus said that no one was perfect, not even him. I know it isn’t a direct quote, but I’m sure you could tell me exactly how it goes. I wish you hadn’t left us with Dad when I was twelve, or I might have been thirteen, but just barely. Being the oldest child of five (at the time) was extremely stressful. I wish you hadn’t moved to Tennessee where we could only see you twice a year. I wish I hadn’t blamed Dad for all those years when it was you who chose to leave. I wish you had come back to stay a lot earlier than you did instead of staying with us six months or a year and then going back to Grandpa’s house. It always made me sad when you went away. I understand parts of your reasoning, but other parts are still just as mysterious as ever.
For a long time, I struggled with not being able to say “Goodbye” or “Thank you” or a lot of other things I wish I had said. I probably said “I love you” or at least wrote it in several letters, but I still wish I had said it a lot more. However, I know you can see what’s in my heart and soul. You can see that I love you and that I forgive you. Does it matter how long it took me to forgive you? I don’t know, but at least I forgave you before God took you away.
Last, but definitely not least, I want to tell you something I discovered just this February. I don’t want to say “Goodbye” anymore. I want to say,
“See you later.”
Your loving (eldest) daughter,
Theresa
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I’m sorry about losing your Mom. It’s hard, isn’t it? By what I read, you didn’t have your Mom in your life everyday . I’m sorry. I’m sure it does not hurt any less. Mine died six months ago, and it’s been very hard. First the Holidays, since she died right Thanksgiving; then Christmas, no my birthday and Mother’s Day. It does not seem to get easier. Your post is great and I hope many people out there realize that whatever their Mom does or does not do, she is a Mom, a human being, not perfect as you said, but still a Mom, their Mom, our Mom. Blessings to you Theresa.
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I am so sorry for your pain. I understand. I did not have a perfect mother either. She died before any reconciliation could take place. She chose to never meet her grandchildren. I still miss what I had hoped for in a mom. But God is filling those gaps with Himself, and I am finding HE is enough for the failures that life deals. This was precious to read.