letting go

[The People]

My mother died over 20 years ago and my father died about 7-8. I often speak about this. My friend who had a very good mother just lost her recently. We both mourned but in a different way. She lost the woman that she had become so close to over these past years. I lost a scary woman but I also lost the opportunity to ever have a mother like she had. It is tough.

When I am not working on my book I do short stuff like the chicken soup. I just did one about Christmas for next year. It is positive and uplifting and helps me to remember that it was not all bad. I actually cried when I finished that last draft. They were good tears for once.