I feel blessed everyday knowing that many special women fill my life with happiness, hope, and a sense of feeling safe…. but she’s the queen of them all…
I remember how I could not even breathe whenever she left… how I was not able to talk properly the first time I left….
I remember how I missed her all the years when I was away, and I remember how happy I was that at least she could see me on screen almost every day, for years…
When I fell, she was always the only one I wanted by my side; when I had doctors’ visits, or if I ever was at the hospital, I would ask the nurse to hold my hand the way she holds mine.
While I was away, I would not even make tea for myself, because the only tea I want, even today, is the tea that she makes me.
I remember how she would drop me to meet my “friends”, because she always thought she would rather be my friend and know everything about me than be my mom and not knowing all my secrets.
I also remember one day my dad being mad because she spent too much on a night gown for me, and her answer was let he be pampered at her parents’ house, you never know how her husband will be…
I know that I only know how to love because she thought me how to love; she showed me how to love and sacrifice, the way she always did. She thought me how to be a generous mother, full of affection!
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| Mother’s Day at The Breakers, West Palm Beach |
In my head, I always see her dancing, hear her singing, or having the loudest laughter that would embarrass even the coolest kid…
I also know how I drive her crazy every day, till today…. But trust me mama, no other woman will ever take your place in my heart; you will forever be my “twin-soul”, Taw2am Rouhi.
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| Mother’s Day, The Florida Keys |
