Wishing I could hear her say "good morning madame sunshine!" just one more time.
Longing to purchase a mother's day gift.
Hearing sweet greetings like "how's my darling daughter?"
Had I known each time I heard those sweet words would have been the last time, I would have savored them longer, perhaps even taped them to play back whenever I wanted.
Gulp
Meet Alisse
If God sends angels, this is one of them.
Alisse filled a mom shaped hole in my heart from the day my sweet mama left this earth.
She shared with me her life of loss.
She has survived a husband and two daughters that she lost to cancer.
She taught me of her reliance on God and how He carried her through those seasons.
She empathized with my heartache from her own feelings of loss.
That day we shared stories and realized we filled a very unique place for each other.
She proudly took the newly vacant spot and became my MAM.
And in so doing, I became her DAD.
Strange, I know.
I've never been a dad, but being a daughter all of my life, I had a pretty good idea how to navigate my new role as her dad, daughter-away-from-daughter.
My mam, she also had a good idea what her newly acquired dad would need in a mam, mom-away-from-mom.
The day she walked in my office and out of the blue asked how her 'madame sunshine' was, well that day I knew what a gift she was to me!
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