When I was 5….
I met a lifelong friend named Rose. It was the first day of Kinder at Kramer elementary. The story goes like this: My parents walked me into Kinder and I was like “ok guys by im gonna go be a big girl now” and my mom saw a little girl sitting at a table crying. It was Rose. My parents told me to go over to her and play with her after much eye rolling I did. We have been best friends ever since. We went from Kinder-senior year together. Playing tball, basketball, doing cheerleader, student council, we did a lot of the same activities. We had our ups and downs like any girlfriends do. We had times we didnt talk or times we fought. And after high school there were a few years we didnt see each other. We still talked but it wasnt untill around my 21st birthday that we became close again.
Rose got married 2.5 years ago to a great guy named Ryan.
Well Rose is one of the strongest and most amazing women I know and last Friday the unthinkable happened. Here mom suddenly had a heart attack and passed away. I found out and was shocked. I spent more weekends at her house growing up than my own, her mom was practically my second mother and Ive known them 21 years. I was devastated for her and her dad and brother.
Ive talked with Rose a lot the past 5 days and every time it shocks me as to how emotional I get.
What this really made me think about was how I would feel if I lost my mom. She is my best friend in the world. I dont make any decision without her input….even on purses! She almost died 4 years ago and I couldnt imagine going through that again. I do feel as though sometimes I dont appreciate what I have in my closeness with my parents. Especially my closeness with my mom. When I found out about Roses mom Chad and I were at the fair and all I wanted to do was come home and hung my mom and have her tell me it would be alright.
My point for this is to tell you all to appreciate the people you have with you and to let them know as often as possible how much you love them before its too late.
Sorry for the downer post today….
Sorry for your friends loss – that is tragic and so sudden … and certainly not fair! Thanks for the reminder – I think it’s important to just stop for a moment and call someone (like your Mom or Dad) to tell them how much they mean to you. Not a downer post at all, an uplifting, eye opening post 🙂
Hang in there!
Oh wow, I can’t even imagine =(
No need to apologize for posting about real life!
I am so sorry! I am sending up a prayer for your friend and her family…
Great post girl. Sorry for your friend’s loss though. It is a true reminder of how little we really show how we feel. We need to say/share more…we tend to keep it in writing or say “I’ll do this tomorrow”. Tomorrow may not happen. And we tend to forget that powerful sentence. 🙁
Hugs to you!!!
I’m so sorry for your friend’s loss; that is so tragic and so sad. I don’t think it’s a downer post, though, I think it’s a good reminder to cherish the ones we love and tell them that, every day.
I’m so sorry about your friends mom it’s tragic when things like that happen. I agree it wasn’t a downer post we should always live like it was our last day here and always appreciate the people we have in our lives.
Ah, so sorry to hear that. Makes you cherish every moment you still have with your mom while you still have a chance. ((HUGS))
Oh I am so sorry that is awful! I have friends like that and I couldn’t imagine! I will be calling my momma to tell her how much i adore her in T minus 2 seconds!