Happy Heavenly Birthday Mommy.

The year of firsts continues today as family & friends celebrate my mom’s first heavenly birthday. She would have been 69 years young today. I imagine Armand & I would have given her a gift card so she could buy what she wanted. She loved it when we did that. Grandpa would wanna take her out to eat. She would get texts and calls all day long from so many who loved her.

✨ | Something tells me I’ll be the receiver of that love this year. While this is the hardest day of my life I’m going to choose love. I’ll cry. I’ll scream. I wish I was with her. But I’ll remember she’s with all of us in her way now. This day will in time be a day of joy but in the year of firsts, I feel like more of me has died. I’ll miss buying her cakes. I’ll miss watching her light up when she read what I wrote to her in a card.

Celebrate her today if you knew her. Celebrate her tenacity for life. Celebrate all the things that made her Ida. The things that made her feel like your mom. As I will celebrate Her being my mom. How lucky I am to be able to say that.

Happy Birthday Mommy. I hope you’re celebrating up there like only you can. With great music and some dancing.

I love you.

Ally xox