My Angel

my mom's birthday was this past Friday and my sister and I have been looking for the perfect poem to write in her card but we couldn't find one and ended up having to make up our own (title is called "A mom for me" if you want to read it). Then, the next day, I read this poem as the poem of the day on my email account and all I could think of is that the writer said everything I would tell my mom if I could put my emotions in words. I immediately called her into my room and had her read it. she thought it was sooooo sweet. I have it saved on my account!!

I had my mom but she died four days after I graduated from high school. I am a middle child and the day she died I had to become the oldest. My big sister was six months pregnant and only a year and half older than me, my little brother was thirteen. Since my mom was a single mother we had no one to be there for us. All our family had bailed on her so she was the only person we had. My life went down but I had to lift myself up for my little brother. Now I have two jobs, go to school, and take care of my little brother. Although I miss her so much I'm moving on I know she's in a good place taking care of my brother, my sister and me, but I will always remember everything she taught us and thanks to her I am who I am right now.

It's been since 1996 and it still hurts as if it was yesterday that I lost my mom from cancer when I was 8. It was a few weeks before I started 3rd grade. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of her or miss her with all of my heart and soul. When I read this poem it just hits me hard cause I know its exactly how I feel and what I'd love to say to her if she was alive.