Mom: your absence is with me everyday and
I can continue crying because you are no longer with me, or I can choose to smile because of all we have lived together.
I can close my heart and feel the emptiness of your absence, or can open up my heart to the love and moments we have shared together.
I want to cry and close my heart but I will choose to live life the way you taught me: staying strong, smiling, loving and always moving forward.
I am everything you have taught me, all the values you have given me, and it comforts me to know that, in this way, you will always live in me.