Expecting the Unexpected

 

A little girl looks up to her mother as she is the most amazing person in the world.  She sees her as the one who can do anything. 


She can kiss an ouchy and make it feel better.

A mother can blow her breath on steamy hot food and make the temperature just right.

She sings "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music while washing your hair.

She can scold and love at the same time.

She is there when you call her from half way around the world because you're home sick.

Just the sound of her voice makes everything better.  Knowing she is in the next room while you sleep gives you security.

Children usually tell their parents that when they grow up they want to be something that makes their parents proud of them.
When I was a little girl I would tell her that when I grew up I would invent a pill that would enable her to live forever.

And I never expected to lose my mother at 26... but I did.

I didn't see it coming. 

I wasn't prepared for any of it.

And not a day goes by that I don't think about it... about her...

And I can only hope that a piece of her is in me, that I can pass down to my children. 
Because I would be so lucky...

A year has already flown right past me.  A whole year...
...and yet only a fraction of the time that will pass me by without a mother.

I've been told by many different people in different points in my life to expect the unexpected and no matter how many times I hear that phrase, and the context... I realize that we can expect it, but we cannot be prepared for it.