"I am heartbroken to share," the note began. I knew the next words without reading them.
I sighed, deeply, and apologized to my mother who claimed these events came in threes even though even she knew there was no scientific evidence!
I spent many years quietly disproving her personal "life-theorems" based on lore!
I went outside day after day with long wet hair on bitter cold winter days and did not catch a cold!
I've dropped spoons again and again without a visitor to my home!
I've walked under ladders and cuddled with black cats, more than once!
I've broken the 5 second rule with peanut butter sandwiches, shrimp cocktails, and steaks!
Yet, her message, once again, was loud, clear, and sadly accurate. I put the times for the wake and funeral into my calendar for the third time in as many weeks.
Looking up to the heavens, I suspect, by now, my mom would be on the Welcome Wagon and they would soon be commiserating about their daughters. She will be missed.
4 comments:
I am so sorry for your loss and love how you show your actions against your mother's theorems. Wishing you comfort and peace during this difficult time.
Sometimes, adulting is hard. There is nothing to fight back. Blessings to you.
So many creepy internet hugs. Losing someone is never easy.
The things that bring us pause and comfort when we think of loved ones aren't always the things we are fond of! Mine was a smudge of butter on the nose each birthday, for luck...but oh, I love my angel mother so. My condolences on your losses, so close together.
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