A tribute to my dear mom

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I still remember your pretty face and your pretty smile. Pictures of them keep running through my mind every single day of my life, and sometimes I wish that it could last forever.

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It was on this same day, December 24th, 2011, that you stopped breathing, the very day I lost a role model, the one person who believed in me even when everyone around me kept doubting me. You saw the hidden potential in me even when I myself couldn't.

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I did not just lose a mother, but I lost a hero, my hero, a person who put the word "love" into practice. I remember the way you always helped the people around you. I remember when you took in the homeless—not one, not two, and not even three. You took all of them in and gave them a life and showed them that they shouldn't give up on their dreams.

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In the year 2011, Christmas became dark. How could I lose someone so dear to me on the 24th and still go ahead and enjoy Christmas on the 25th? To this day, I always find it difficult to celebrate Christmas because for me, it reminds me about the death of my mother, the one person that I cherished so much.

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And today I want to use this moment to say that;

Mommy I miss you so dearly, I wish we had enough money to give you the best treatment and you would have still been alive today

Mommy you can't believe that the year 2011 is the year I stop pronouncing the word "Mommy" because there's no one else worthy enough to bear the name

I miss you everyday and along the journey of life I have put your teachings to practice and I have seen the positive side of it which makes me to miss you even more

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I just wish that I would have the opportunity to see you again even just one more time and tell you all this, I miss you mommy and everyday I pray that we meet again