KARENLEE's Blog

JODI,

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU AS EVERYONE HAS, THAT THE STORY YOU TOLD REGARDING YOU AND YOUR MOTHER WAS VERY TOUCHING. I TOO LOST MY MOTHER ON MAY 7 BUT IT WAS 1999. HER AND I BECAME BEST OF FRIENDS THE LAST FEW YEARS OF HER LIFE WHEN I HAD TO CARE FOR HER. SHE WAS ONLY 68 AND HAD VASCULAR PROBLEMS FOR YEARS. I AM THE ONLY GIRL OUT OF 4 CHILDREN AND AS ALOT OF MOTHERS ARE, VERY CLOSE TO THEIR SONS.(I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE A SON) MY FATHER WAS MY HERO AND HE SPOILED ME GROWING UP. I LOST HIM AT THE AT THE YOUNG OF 51 AND IT WAS DEVISTATING BECAUSE I WAS ONLY 21 AT THE TIME.

MY MOTHER ALSO HAD A SECRET THAT SHE DIDN'T TELL ME UNTIL HER LAST DAYS. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS ALWAYS JEALOUS OF ME BECAUSE MY FATHER SPOILED ME AND GAVE ME EVERYTHING. SHE SAID THAT I WAS PRETTIER THEN SHE HAD EVER BEEN AND MORE OUTGOING. IT KINDA HURT THAT SHE HELD THIS IN ALL THESE YEARS BUT I FORGAVE HER AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE LOVED ME MORE THAN THE WORLD BECAUSE I WAS THERE TO TAKE CARE  OF HER IN HER TIME OF NEED. I WAS THERE EVERY MOMENT I COULD BE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 3 MONTHS UNTIL THE DOCTORS TOOK HER OFF OF LIFE SUPPORT.

I THANK MY MOTHER FOR TELLING ME THIS BECAUSE IT LET ME UNDERSTAND WHY SHE WAS SO DISTANT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.

I LOVE AND MISS MY MOTHER EVERYDAY!

THANKS FOR YOUR WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT!