My mom...

This past Sunday was the 10 year anniversary of the day my dear mother died. I wanted to put up a slideshow of some pictures I have of her and it took a while to get some slides and prints scanned in to the computer. I wish so badly that I had more pictures of her... I know I have had some get lost in my travels and some were taken with other peoples cameras... I just hope someday to be able to get a proper album of her life put together. I am at a loss for words to describe my feelings. My heart aches. I miss her so much. I was only 18 years old - I feel like I was robbed. Sometimes, even through my faith and belief in eternal families, I get so angry that she was taken so early. I have had to go through so many milestones that girls should get to share with their mothers all by myself... a wedding, pregnancy and childbirth, marriage, raising children. In some ways the past 10 years have flown by, but, at the same time, 10 years is SO long. I know she is with me always and I have felt comforted knowing that, but it doesn't replace having someone to talk to when I am having a bad day. So, I guess with that said, I want to put up this slideshow of some random pictures to help us remember and know the most wonderful woman I have ever known... a true friend, wonderful wife, and amazing mother... My mom.