Dear Mom, I still have really bad nightmares about you. I had one just this morning. You weren’t happy, and I also now feel like you’re not happy with me. I don’t know why. I don’t know why I feel this way or dream these things. It really hurts my heart and makes theContinue reading “Morning Prayer- 4 Years Now”
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Morning Prayer- 3 years now
“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” ~ Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi~ Dear Mom, I can’t believe it’s been exactly three years now since you passed away. It doesn’t feel that way at all. I can remember all the details as ifContinue reading “Morning Prayer- 3 years now”
Navroz Mubarak, Mommy
Dear Mom, It’s Navroz today. But of course, you would know that. You always knew the special dates of when our celebrations would happen. I miss all the copies of the calendars you would get for everyone, so that we could all keep track of the dates ourselves too. I’m sorry I never really madeContinue reading “Navroz Mubarak, Mommy”
Every Morning…
Dear Mom, Every morning, before I do anything else (except maybe go pee- haha), I take that picture of you and I from long ago off of my windowsill, and hug it to my chest. Did you see that I changed the picture frame around it? I also unplug the white lights I have surrounding the windowContinue reading “Every Morning…”
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