Thursday, January 12, 2012

A New Year!

It has been a while.
The holidays were not as bad as last year. We managed to get together as a family on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve/ Christmas. Everyone got along. Like walking on ice with my family.

Today would have been my mother's 90 birthday. Yesterday my husband and I went out to a fancy dinner at Salty's with my son, daughter-in-law (who has the same birthday as my mother) and grand-daughter. It was very nice and we had a great time.

As we were driving home I was looking at the river and the moonlight. (I think it is almost a full moon.) I was over powered with thoughts of my mother. There is a song by Carley Simon from the album Letters Never Sent, Like A River. After my mother died my ex son in law told my sister about the song, he had heard it on a PBS show featuring Carley. It captures it so clearly. Carley lost her mother and wrote the song for her, and all of us. If I knew how to link it here I would.

It has been 16 years and I still miss her so much. So much I want to share with her. Now I get to do it with my daughters. (Well, one of them)

2 comments:

  1. Hey Julie,
    Happy New Year to you and yours! Glad you got through the holidays ok.

    I'll have to look that song up. I know what you mean about missing your mom. I miss my original mom, who died when I was young, and I still miss my step-mom (who was my mom for 35 years). She's been gone almost 16 years too. I think I remember us having a conversation about this once.

    But, with my crazy memory, sometimes I just think I've done something. Memory loss is such a pain.

    Miss you!

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  2. It sounds like that birthday dinner was a lovely way to honor your mom, even though it wasn't specifically for her. I don't know if we ever get over missing our moms - no matter who they were for us in real life. I miss you, too! So glad you're here again.

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