Mother's Day 2008

Another Mother's Day without you here beside me came and went.
The tears flowed freely as I remembered your sweet face
And all those Mother's Days when you were beside me.
Now you are still beside me, but I can't see you or hug you.

My heart aches for what was and will not be again on this earth,
for all the days and months and years ahead when I cannot call you on
the phone, or hear your sweet voice.

Life is not the same. Some of the sunshine has disappeared from our
lives because you went away.
I stay here for your brother and your dad. But they know I'm not the person
I used to be. They aren't either.

David wanted to find a piece of jewelry that was yours. He holds things
close that bring him close to you--to who you were.
He is sad. He, too, has cried as he groped in the dark night of grief
for his sister and best friend.

We miss you more than words can say.
But we know that one sweet day
We will all be together again.

You are loved with a love beyond telling
Missed with a grief beyond tears.

2nd Angelversary