Looking up - Remembering Mom

It's Mother's Day 2010 and my mom is far away.  Luckily she's just a few hundred miles away in Minnesota on a business trip.  Unfortunately that is not the case for many.  Today a friend of mine from grammar school posted a status on her Facebook page saying that although her mom has been gone for a while, she still misses her.  You see, her mom died of cancer in May of 1992 shortly before we graduated from high school.

As we celebrate moms today, I can't imagine the pain that those who are without theirs feel.  Although my mom and I are completely different people and often disagree on any number of things, I can't imagine what life would be if she wasn't there to call when I need help on a recipe or when something exciting happens in my life.  I can't imagine what it would have been like if she hadn't been there to see me graduate from high school or college.  I would have missed the enthusiasm she showed when I brought her to the house I bought and how she reassured me in my decision by saying the house "felt like" me.  The thrill of passing my first actuarial exam would have been lessened without her support and the flowers she sent to me.  I know I'm a woman in my 30s but what mom thinks is still important and I dread with all my heart the day when I won't get to ask for her opinion.

So, on this day, when so many are looking up to heaven and remembering their moms, I share a song by Mindy Smith.  I'm a big fan of her music and this is a song she wrote for her mom who died when Mindy was still very young.  Take a listen.  Then if you are fortunate enough to have your mom still in your life, call her and tell her how much you love her.

Here are the lyrics.  Click here to see a video and hear the song.

"One Moment More"


Hold me
Even though I know you're leaving
And show me
All the reasons you would stay
It's just enough to feel your breath on mine
To warm my soul and ease my mind
You've got to hold me and show me now

Give me
Just one part of you to cling to
And keep me
Everywhere you are
It's just enough to steal my heart and run
And fade out with the falling sun

Oh, please don't go
Let me have you just one moment more
Oh, all I need
All I want is just one moment more
You've got to hold me and keep me

Tell me that someday you'll be returning
And maybe
Maybe I'll believe
It's just enough to see a shooting star
To know you're never really far
It's just enough to see a shooting star
To know you're never really gone

Oh, please don't go
Let me have you just one moment more
Oh, all I need
All I want is just one moment more

Oh, please don't go
Let me have you just one moment more
Oh, all I need
All I want is just one moment more
You've got to hold me and maybe I'll believe

So hold me
Even though I know you're leaving