Mom it has been almost nine years since you left and went to heaven. There has not been a day that I do not miss your warm embrace, laughter, and beautiful smile. I wish I could say that as these nine years have passed that I have learned to move on, but that would be a lie. The pain of your loss still haunts me everyday, the loss of a mother is a cut in the heart that runs deep. However, I have learned to keep my eyes dry in front of others and a smile on my face. I have learned to live my life through your memories and in hope that you can look down from heaven and see how great of a mother you was and the accomplishments you made. I use to beg God to let me be with you but I eventually realized that you cannot leave heaven and I do not want to visit any time soon. I pray that you are being treated like the angel that you are and that you are a guardian angel to all of your grandchildren even the ones you ever got to meet. I love you mom always and forever!