Thank God for Mom's

I know everyone didn't grow up with the opportunity of having parents like mine, which is unfortunate. I never really knew how great they were until I got older and learned how other people had it, and couldn't believe how naive I was not to have noticed it before. Don't get me wrong, I knew there were starving kids out there, kids without parents, I even knew some were abused ... but for whatever reason it never clicked.

Today after I received "the phone call", I immediately called Bart to let him know. He didn't have much time to talk as he was walking into a meeting ... but said what he could and told me it would be okay. I got off the phone with him, and lost it ..... I was worried, scared, I didn't know what to think or do. I didn't know how things like this were (I thought they were like they were on TV) ... so you can imagine what I'm pictureing. I needed to talk to somebody, or I wasn't sure what would happen ... I needed somebody!!! So I call my mom (at work), and when she answered I said (trying my hardest to hold back tears), please pray for Shyam ... I'm not that good at those kind of things, and you are. Of course I couldn't hold back the tears through that sentance .... so I explained what happened. And my mom being the person she is, knew exactly what to say. And she also informed me I was good at praying.
I felt like such an idiot calling my mom, at work, crying ... I'm 30 years old! I don't like to bother my mom with my problems, I don't want her worrying about me. But there I was crying on her shoulder over the phone. And after we talked ... more like she talked and I cried, she did what she has done my whole life, "Take a deep breath, take another one, one more". My eyes were closed and I could picture her holding me like she has so many times I've needed her, and I could almost feel her taking the deep breath with me as I always have. What would I do without her? Both of my parents ... cream of the crop! If I ever needed them, they would be here as quickly as possible no matter what they were doing. I just hope that I will be the exact kind of mother to my daughter ... because I know if I am, she will turn out just right!!