Message to my mother

Today I miss you more than yesterday. I listen to the wind to find you in its hum. I listen to the birds to remember your voice in their signing. Even when I search for you, I know that I don’t have to search very far because you are everywhere and in everything. If a gust of wind touches my cheeks, I know it is you caressing me. When the rain falls over me, I know it is you crying for me. When butterflies surround me, I know it is you walking with me on this long road called life.

You were my first best friend, my confidant, and my advisor. You taught me how to walk, you caught me when I fell and covered my bruised knees with bandages and took the pain away with chocolate. You planted in me the love for books and the passion for finding my balance in nature. Nothing is too hard if you put your heart into it. Nothing is unattainable if you set your mind to do it. Nothing is impossible if you sprinkle everything you do with love.

Thank you for all the nights you’ve spent caring for me, for all the advice you’ve given me, for teaching me to pull through the knots, and for telling me that the sky is my only limit. You’ve been the first person to believe in me and my dreams. Your touch had magic and every difficult situation faded in your presence. If I’d be born a thousand times I wish you’d be my mother in each and every one of them.

Love,

Carmen Monica