29 years ago today...

....I became a girl without a mother.  I was 7 years old the morning my mother died from a cardiac arrest.  She was only 40 years old.  I have always believed that everything happens for a reason and that God was in control of this.  I have no regrets about the path my life took.  But that is not to say that I didn't miss having a mother.  To be honest, it has affected me more since becoming a mother myself.   My aunt filled those shoes growing up and did a fantastic job.  She is still very much a part of our lives.  But there is something about the girl and her mother.