Mom

You just won the lottery! There is nothing like the love of a mother. Too bad they can't bottle it and sell it when people are feeling down and unloved. That must have given you extra spring in your steps if even for just a few minutes.

Short and sweet and beautiful. My mother had this picture she kept on the wall of her kitchen of a little girl with a caption that said "a child is someone who passes through your life then disappears into an adult". I guess she was trying to tell us kids something. It always stuck with me and I tried not to disappear. I think I did an OK job. My mother passed away back in May of 2006. Miss her? You bet! Rick, clearly you haven't disappeared either and that's a very good thing.