Dear Mom:

I can see you in my mind鈥檚 eye.

You鈥檙e standing on the porch, and I鈥檓 driving away.

You didn鈥檛 believe me when I told you that I was leaving our home in New Brunswick to look for a new life in British Columbia.

I tried to be brave and hid my tears until after we drove away. I didn鈥檛 want you to see me cry.

When I left, little did I know that seven short years later you would be gone forever.

Mom, you were very upset by my decision to leave our little town and move so far away, and I鈥檒l always regret the silly argument we had just before I left.

This Mother鈥檚 Day, I want you tell you how much I treasure the last conversation we had just before you died.

You told me that you were proud of me.

You said that I had 鈥済uts鈥� to leave a place that held no future for me to go in search for a better life.

And you said that you loved me.

That鈥檚 a memory I will cherish forever.

Happy Mother鈥檚 Day in heaven, Maman. Je t鈥檃ime pour toujours.

Lilianne Fuller, 91原创