I've forgotten what you sound like, what you smell like, what you look like almost. But I could never forget you being at our schools while holding a full-time job, taking me out to the movies or the hair salon to escape the guys, all around being my best friend and my main source of comfort. You were more than my mom, and I wish I'd said so much more in those final moments. You knew you weren't coming back to us somehow, and the last words I ever said to you were to save your strength. In the span of an hour, the world dimmed as your light went out. You didn't get to see us graduate, you won't get to see us get married or have families of our own and spoil your grandkids rotten. You were my heart, the one example I had of unconditional love, and I am so lost without you. They say a day will come where I won't feel the grief this deeply, but I'm not sure if ever will. There's a pretty big hole that can never be filled because you were just that amazing, and if I ever have a little girl, I could only hope to be half the mom you were to me. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGEREIspz0ZrnM54SVs_pqCAkHFP56In15lYPA0/?igshid=15cqtmkti57tr