call my mother more often

Due to Hurrican IKE, I’ve been calling my mom almost everyday.

My mother had a lung cancer for a few years. And she recently died from it. I couldn’t achieve this goal before this event.

Sunday afternoon is traditional.

Mom came over to visit and I promised her to call more often. I buy phone cards now that offer cheap calls to SA and call her the first Monday of every month- that way it’s in my diary and she knows when I’m calling. We ususally chat for about 20 minutes- whcih is lovely. Gives me time to think of all the things I need to tell her about too!
All it takes is a bit of organization really.

i called her and we talked for a bit before she went to my sister’s house for dinner. i talked to donnie and alex and bob and trice and nicolle too.

it was cool.
and donnie sounds OLD now.

but yeah.

hi mom.

i would go 2-3 weeks without calling her. i’ve been making it a habit that if i think about her, i have to call her. even when she isn’t going to be home or available to talk at the time. i’ll call her in the morning and leave a message. i know it’ll feel good to hear her son’s voice when she gets home.

and when we talk it’s for like 40-50 minutes.

when i was younger, i NEVER imagined talking to my mother that long. i didn’t even know she was that good a conversationlist.

i love her tho.
that’s my girl.
she deserves it.

I recently got in touch with my mother and told her how I felt, only to be told off with how she’s been kept away from me for so long and how I’m too “shy” to talk to her. It got me thinking, “Was it really worth it to talk to her that day?”

She deserves it.

I don’t think I’ve actually spoken with my mother since mid-May. It used to make me sad that she never kept in touch with me, so I think I’ll have to make sure I call her instead.

I’ve spoken with my mother and father both on a weekly basis for a few weeks now. It feels great to be in contact.