And another re-post in celebration of my beautiful mother who left this life for a better one 20 years ago today.
This week holds two special days for me; one is the anniversary of my marriage, which symbolizes a beautiful beginning and the other is the anniversary of the death of my mother which epitomizes an agonizing final chapter in the book of my life.
Since 1996, I have endeavored to honor both dates with all of the respect and enthusiasm I could muster. The first few years after mom died, it was especially difficult to enjoy my anniversary. There was that “other” day coming on its heels, the one where the sky always looks the same as it did on that fateful day and details that would be better off forgotten gallop through my thoughts.
As I have grown older and realize the brevity of life and the importance of enjoying it, I often think of how my mom embraced life.
She was a dreamer, a romantic, intelligent and…
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Long walks and dark chocolate 
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