Memories

It's been over 20 years since my mother passed away from cancer. She died when I was only 25. I had been in the military and married for just under 2 years. It was a time that I was getting to know my mother as a woman instead of a mom. I feel sad that I missed out on talking to my mom as an equal about all those "womanly" subjects like marriage and kids. Today I listened to a song that she used to play all the time the last year of her life. It was Memory, from Cats, sung by Barbra Streisand. After all these years, I cried my eyes out while I listened to it. It almost seems like yesterday that she died.