Flashback Friday: My Mom, Then And Now

I realize it's not Friday yet.  I'm admittedly spacey these days ... but not that spacey.

Then ... and by then, I mean 1979 ...

Now ... and by now, I mean yesterday ...

My Mom left this morning ... back to Seattle.  She was suppose to leave Monday morning (along with my Dad), but she decided to change her flight and stay a few extra days, because she's so in to us.

I'll keep this short ... I've already had a good cry this morning ... and I feel like I'm just one, really depressing Sarah McLachlan song away from having another ... and my kids freak out when I cry ... and then they cry ... and then I cry harder.  It never ends well. 

But my Mom ... I miss her already.

She just makes everything better ... everything.  She always has ...

... and I thought that staring at this picture of her would cheer me up, but I think I'll just go cry now.