She was in the hospital at the time and was missing her dogs; rambunctious Sammy and sweet little lazy Lazarus. To help her feel better, I took pics of her fur-babies and texted them to her. That way she'd always have them with her. She loved those little pooches, and neither she, nor they had any idea that September 17th would be the last day that they'd ever see each other.
A month later, when she was moved to hospice, the staff informed us that we could bring the dogs to visit her as long as their shots were up to date. My Mom beamed when she heard this news. Before I could take them to visit, they needed their nails clipped, and a flea dip. Before I could get that done though, she was gone.
Anyhoo...I said all that to say that it's been really difficult for me to delete those messages. It's as though keeping them allows me to have a little bit of her here still. To see that text addressed to "Mom's Cell" just gives me teeny bit of comfort.
I wish I had kept her last voicemail message to me.
I wish I had kept her last text TO me, instead of mine TO her.
So for just a little longer, I will hang on to this one.
Let the DIALOGUE begin: Do you have any special text messages that you're holding on to? If so, from who?
Talk to me!
Til next time...
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Yes! I still have MCM text message where he told me he had feelings for me. And now that he's away I often save some of our email communications.
ReplyDeleteAwww...see there. You totally understand. I too have messages from "Joe" that I keep. I even have a voicemail message that's about 7 yrs old. It just makes me smile when I listen to it.
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