Hannah French
even though you’re no longer here with me, today is a special day. i miss you all the time and i wish you could be here with me. to see the woman i have become and the things i have accomplished. you being gone has put a strain on my heart but also made me who i am today. i am a lover of photography and poetry just as you were. i love to bake, to sing, to learn, to teach. i like to believe i got some of these things from you. you were kind, gentle. compassionate. you loved to teach. you loved old music and art. you loved to scrapbook. you loved to bake from disney cookbooks with me. you loved to do my hair and get me ready for dance recitals and annual daddy daughter dances. i remember all these things and i wish you were still here to do them with me, and i wish i could learn so much more about you. but some things cannot be. i know you are singing journeys greatest hits at the top of your lungs wherever you are. and today, I’m singing with you. i love you mom, happy birthday.