Inside my hands these petals browned

[atkorvn623]

It's funny how events in your life stick with you at certain times of the year. Each year at the anniversary of my Mom's death and her birthday, I wake up and think about being in Kingston, Jamaica. I am glad that I had the opportunity to go there in college and I miss it a lot. I sound like a broken record every year but it was one of the

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[ybbil06]

I don't think it was a mistake that today the waves stopped and the sun shone and the beach came back to life. This will always be your Mom's beach, Tom.

Sometimes I find that birthdays are harder than anniversaries, some years it's the other way around. It fucking sucks that we lost our parents so young. Katie would be so proud of you. And she'd so enjoy Rita, Hen, and Greg. I hope you realize how important you are to them. They look for you whenever they are outside, and the second they catch a glimpse of movement they run to the door to look for "the ga-fadder."

I miss your mom. I'm sorry today is tough. I always feel silly telling you how wonderful she was because anyone who knew her knows.