MOM, I miss you! ( warning Pop Tart - Long Post)

[Tony-NJ]

I just wanted to share that today would have been my MOM's 71st Birthday. I normally don't post things like this, but what the hey.. My mom was really my best friend when I got older. She was a fiesty lady who held nothing back LOL! Even when she should have.. I was her "baby" and always referred to as that. Even when I was in my 20's - I was referred to as the baby - My 96 year old Grandmother still referrs to me as the baby!!!

Well I lost my MOM to a long battle with heart disease and diabetes back in 1996. There's not a day that goes by that I don't think of her!
Even when I moved 2 states away - I would have to go and take her out for dinner at least once a week! I would call her every single day - she would call me too - just to say she loved me. One time - when I first started here at my current job, she was in Florida staying with my Grandmother for the winter and she couldn't get hold of me on the phone. She went to the receptionist and told her who she was, and wanted to leave a message that she loved me! ( She didn't understand that I had voice mail and would never wait to leave a message!

So, we have a paging system and the receptionist at the time got on the paging system for the whole company to hear - Attention Tony T...... - Mom called to say she loves you!!!! Well I still never live that one down!

There are so many stories - but I just wanted to share how much I miss my MOM. I miss taking her to the casino so she could play her slots, I miss taking her to the diner, I miss taking her for her dialysis (sp?) treatments, I miss having her stay over at my apartment sometimes on the weekends. ( She loved to do that because I let her eat what she wasn't supposed to sometimes LOL!) (She lived with my older Sister who would watch everything she ate / did etc)

Anyway - I love you MOM!

 

[honeywolf7]

(((Hugs)))

 

[Lars624]

{{{hugs}}} for you Tony! I can't even begin to imagine losing my Mom. It sounds like you were a wonderful son who made her a very happy Mom!!!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Very nice, Tony. Big {hug} for ya, buddy.

 

[Pop Daddy]

Im sorry your mom cant still be with you, she really loved you

 

[Serena]

{{{hugs}}}} Tony.

I miss my mom too.

 

[browneyes]

Happy Birthday, Tony's mom. {{hugs}}

 

[helenabear]

{{{hugs}}} Tony... sounds like you two were very lucky to have each other

 

[Baboo]

{{{hugs}}} Tony. I know how you feel. I miss my Mom that way too.

 

[Patricia]

Great post Tony! I miss my amazing mom too. It's such a gift to have a mom like that,isn't it? Lucky you ~ and mom too!

 

[snoopy]

Tony, you are so precious! I am cracking up over your Mom's message! Wow, that is a great memory!

Hang on to your memories, sweetie, its what carries us through the profound loss. Thanks for sharing about your Mom.

 

[Tony-NJ]

fummy snoops. And to think I was only here a couple of months - so not everyone knew me LOL! Well they did after that!

Thanks for the hugs all.

 

[Nagle]

Awesome post Tony.

 

[December99]

{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}} from me too Tony. My mom's bday was last Friday and she would have been 56 so I totally understand. Toward the end of the weekend I realized it really killed me that I couldn't make it to the cemetary that day. But I participated in the Relay for Life in honor/memory of my mom (I was a volunteer) and that made up for not being able to get to the cemetary to celebrate her bday with her.

You have some awesome memories and it's so good you could share some of those with us!!! Thanks! I know we can't be a substitute for your mom and no one really can but - We love you too!

 

[wdwnutze]

Tony- Isn't it amazing to have a mom like that. She sounds like she was quite a mom an you sound as though you are a terrific son! I'm sure your mom is looking down on you today and smiling. It is wonderful to have such good memories of your mom. They will be with you forever. Thanks for the post. My mom is still alive and we have a great relationship. Makes me think how lucky I am.

 

[oldkicker]

Great post, Tony. Thanks for sharing those memories and smiles.

 

[DaisyDebbie]

Happy Birthday to you Mom

Remember all the good times today and I'll guarantee you will be chuckling all day

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}} my friend

 

[charlie,nj]

Nice Tony...from one baby to another.

(I am also still the baby.... the 6' 7" baby)

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Wonderful post. Thank you so much for sharing it with us, Tony.

I miss my Dad. It would have been his 63rd birthday this past weekend.

 

[Mishetta]

As I am in the process of losing mine, may I say that your post first made me smile (from the memories you have) & then made me cry.

I'm so very sorry for your loss & know that as much as Dad's love their kids, there is no one like Mom. Mom's have a 9 month head start on loving their children & there is a bond that will never be broken, not even when life has ended.

I wonder if my Mom will even make it through today.....