Reunions & Remembering.

Tomorrow is my mother's birthday, well actually today now. She passed away this past May and she would have turned 60. Since the beginning of the year she'd been mentioning how she didn't want a big party but we've never been the kind of family to let things go without celebration, especially when it came to my mother. This year won't be any different, although the festivities will be much smaller (so I suppose she's getting what she wanted).

Most of my family will be going to the cemetery with cupcakes and flowers to sing Happy Birthday but I've yet to visit her there along with my younger brother and sister. It doesn't seem like I would find her there and the thought of visiting a place where only her body is doesn't seem very fulfilling or appealing to me. Especially when she was much much more than that. I imagine that goes the same for my brother and sister but I could be wrong.

I will however be celebrating at the theatre. There was nothing in this world my mother loved more than her family, but if there were, it would have absolutely been movies. She saw every movie released which would sometimes put her in the theatre four days a week. She said it was her escape and she could always find something to enjoy, from the soundtrack to the costumes to the dialogue. Needless to say, we've inherited this hobby and nothing makes me feel closer to her than being in that theatre.

On a ligher note, our good friend Michelle will be coming home from Colorado tomorrow night and the ladies are going to go have a quick drink before she drives to another part of the state to visit her own family. Michelle moved to CO right after high school for college and we've just kept our fingers crossed this whole time hoping something brings her back permanently. She recently got engaged to this wonderful man in CO and they just purchased their first home together so it's looking like time to uncross those fingers and start on a plan B. I'm very lucky to have an amazing group of close friends and having everyone in the same room is always a spectacular time so I'm really looking forward to that. I have to admit that I am a little nervous about how I'll feel with my family remembering my mom.

Stay tuned.....

In the meantime here is some Rachel's for the occasion.