I am Missing...

I am missing lots of things these days...obviously my mother, but with that I am also missing a variety of miscellaneous things.

I miss taking pictures. I just haven't been feeling the urge of late. I hope that will change.

I am missing the ability to just pick up the phone and chat with my mom. Advice to others: don't ever take that for granted.

I am missing a carefree feeling in my heart. It just feels so heavy right now.

I am missing my sisters. We spent so much time together recently and I miss their laughs, smiles, and even their tears. I miss the memories we shared and the family jokes.

I am missing Virginia Beach. I miss the place where I grew up and I miss the city where my mother lived for 37 of her last 77 years.

I miss the home I lived in for many years in Virginia Beach.

I miss laughing freely and openly. It just doesn't feel like a laughing season of my life right now.

I miss my mother's words of advice.

I miss showing my mom new things in my home and asking her opinion.

I miss time that has gone by and I can't recapture.

I know that many of these things will change with time. Some of them I don't want to change...others will need to change. Sorrow and loss are huge voids that swallow up a piece of your life that you may never reclaim. I assume that is how life goes. It just sucks while you're living it.