Tribute for my Mum

Mom, you are the strongest, smartest, and most resilient woman I know. And Mom, I know you didn’t want to go. I know you have fought so hard, & many times I’ve questioned how you could struggle for so long. You have been so much braver than I could ever imagine. You’ve been such an inspiration for me in more ways than you could ever realize, and I only wish now I could have told you. You’re fight for life was my source of encouragement when I thought I would never see a happy ending.

There are so many things I wish we could still talk about, so many future achievements I wish you could share with me. I will always miss those long phone conversations and weekly get togethers. I also know that in your own way you will always be there. This is a new chapter for us now, one where you gave me a bit of your final wave of peace so I could be there for you during your last moments, one where some things we just know & don’t need to say the words, and one where your strength will now be my strength. Although you are gone too soon, and it would’ve always been too soon, I feel blessed for the time that we did have and that you didn’t give up so that we could enjoy another day.

>> I read this at my Mum's funeral today. The service was beautiful & personal, just the way she would've wanted.