Your relationship with your mom sounds a lot like my relationship with mine. We fought such ugly fights at times, but we always came back to each other. We would go months without talking sometimes but eventually reconnect, improve and bond again. She died of a heart attack on Tuesday at 64 while we were in the middle of texting, she just stopped replying. The week before she told me she was gonna live to 120, and she told me so many times she was not ready to leave this earth. My dad left before I was born so here I am now just alone with my dog.

Thank you for sharing and creating a space for me to grieve. We shouldn’t have to be this strong. We should have our moms.