Emotions...

You never really know what others are thinking if they don't open up and talk. Yesterday while I was cleaning up our basement I came across a picture of Mom and my younger brother Bobby. The picture was already in a frame with the word Mother on it. It was taken years ago but was in perfect condition.

I brought the frame up and put it in his room and here's what I learned about Bobby (from his Girlfriend, Siobhan) that I didn't know...

• He sometimes pulls the car over when driving and starts crying about Mom
• He tells her how much he misses her
• He has a hard time looking at pictures of Mom
• He misses Mom dearly
• He cried when he saw the picture of Mom and him
• He wishes she was still her

And I make the list not to point out his weakness but to realize that everyone has these emotions. It made me feel good to know that I am not alone in this battle. That everyone deals with grief in their own way. That others remember her, not that I doubted that, but wondered.

Mom is missed by so many and it hurts so much.