The First Birthday Without Mom

Another milestone, another day

Image by Ermal Tahiri from Pixabay

I liked to call Mom on the morning of my birthday at 5:45 am. I wanted to make sure that my voice was the first one she heard at the same time she gave birth to me. The fact that I could wake up early to call her at that ungodly hour remains a mystery. I’m a night owl by nature. Waking up early in the morning requires two alarm clocks and a wake-up call from my daughter. That’s…