Hi Mom,

This is your daughter, Carolynn. I can still hear your voice mail message saying “This is your mother” – as if I would not recognize your voice! It always gave me a loud smile. 

It’s been a while but I know you’ve had me in your thoughts.  Just wanted to know you’ve been in mine.  It’s the middle of the night and I can’t sleep. I thought I’d reach out.

It’s been a whirlwind regarding real estate and the house and I know you were looking after us throughout the sale of our house.   I missed being able to share this with you in person.  I have no idea how you helped all those buyers and sellers over the years and remained calm. Maybe you didn’t – and I was just too oblivious to notice (being young and maybe a bit of a self-centred kid).   Have you seen Dad?  Say hi please.   He took care of the weather for us again – especially on the 2 garage sale dates and the days of moving out.   It’s nice to have both of you supporting us.

So…we’re finally on our way to Costa Rica next week. All these years you kept asking me “Are you still planning to move?” Yes.  I realize you had reservations about us going. I remember you worrying about me doing this with Walter being so much older than  I am. Rest assured, sometimes I need to keep up with him!  I’m sure looking over us now you realize he is the best person for me to be spending my life with.

You’d get such a kick out of Greg. Seeing him in the pool at the hotel reminds me of when we used to visit your timeshare property when he was a baby.  You were an amazing swimmer – so comfortable in the water – thank you for giving me the love of water, I’ve passed it on.   Maybe he’ll take up water sports once we are in Costa Rica – it’s his #1 request for how to spend his birthday.

Not sure if you’ve connected with Walter’s mom but when you do, please give her a big hug and let her know “We love her ‘more'”. She needs to look over Dido for us.  I’m sure she does but let her know he may need an extra nudge now and again.  Even though he is pragmatic he no longer has her to do the worrying – so now he’s taken up that baton. It’s funny how he’s got a bit of the “oy” philosophy on top of his pragmatic stance. 

I’ve done as you requested and connected with my siblings.  Most of it was to support you through all you went through in the last 6 months but I’ve maintained a bit of it since then.  I’m still working on it – allowing it to evolve as it feels it needs to.  You certainly raised a group of independent, strong, self-thinking, opinionated (yep!) group of kids.  We don’t get stepped on easily which I thank you for.  I know you always wanted us to be all that we were meant to be. Agreeing on the path to get there was where we may not always agree. 

I want to thank you for all the lessons you taught me. Thank you for instilling in me the love of customer service, the ability to speak my mind, my love of art – even though it really did not mesh with the rest of the kids abilities – you recognized each of our talents and encouraged us to embrace them. Thank you for being my support even though you aren’t physically on the same plane anymore.  

Love you!  Carolynn

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