I will start with my relationship with mom. It was unique, genuine and fun! We thought just the same…literally, we could have conversations without talking!! Growing up, we always “clicked” on a different level. It’s almost as though God knew that our time was limited, so he made our time wonderful! I went to school where she was principal, so obviously we spend a lot of time together! We started to become true friends when high school came around. We would lay in my bed and talk, talk, talk! Even when I was going through my “wild teenage” phase, mom was still very much a friend and role model. My friends and I would wake her up when we got home at midnight….we would make her talk with us and play pranks on our friends. We laughed SO hard together!!
As I aged, we realized how similar we were. She would often laugh and say, “Gosh, I feel like I am watching myself 40 years ago!” We totally “got each other” like nobody else in the world!! Like I said, it’s like God was using every minute we had to the fullest! I look back and ask myself, “Why did I, just a normal college girl, save EVERY note and card from my mom? I even saved her little quick messages she wrote on napkins! I dated each one!!” Again, God knew that one day I would treasure them!
