Mama’s Birthday

This is one of the hardest posts I’ve ever had to write because it only reminds me that you are gone. It only reminds me of how you were the one I was closest to. It only reminds me of how much I miss you.

I think about the times we would talk. I think about the times we fought (more than I would have liked). I think about how you taught me how to cook and how I looked forward to doing it with you each day. I think about all of the Christmases spent and all the birthdays. I think of all of the Mother’s Days and how I still feel like they were only a celebration of my Mama. But this July 3rd is your birthday and the second one I have spent without you. You remain such a great force in my life and your absence leaves me with an empty and terrible void. I love you Mama and miss you deeply, but you are now in a better place. I will see you again someday.

Sandra L Armstrong

(July 3, 1947 – Nov 14, 2017)

Gone but never forgotten.💖