My mom has always been there for Katie & I. She has always been loving and supportive no matter what kind of craziness we put her through. She has always been there to stock a fridge, help with a bill, fix a car but most importantly a shoulder to cry on and always there to listen.
The second we called her and told her what was going on, she basically jumped on the next flight out to be by my side. Seeing her walk around the curtain was the most comforting feeling that I had felt in the past 48 hours and of course brought on a new wave of emotion. It was bittersweet seeing her. I knew I wouldn't get to share the time with her but I knew that Hamza & Ali would be taken care of at home.
She has spent her days here cleaning up the house as we were still in the middle of unpacking. She finished putting together our furniture, which Ali & I both have no idea she got it all moved around by herself. While doing that she has filled up our fridge twice, been taking care of Hamza, coming to visit me and going to Walmart getting all the little things for the house that I was planning on getting. She has also started training Bruno how to use the doggy door.
Hamza is going back to Utah with her next week and although I will miss him terribly, it is wonderful to know that he will have her. I don't know how she is going to do it because he is one rambunctious two year old. What I do know is that he will get to experience the same love that we grew up with and not only from my mom but from my grandma and everyone else there too.
I don't know how I will ever repay her for stepping in like this for my family. There's no way she would take any money just help out with diapers while he is there let alone just the expense of everything else. I will never feel that us thanking her will ever be enough to truly thank her for what she has done and is doing. The only way I know how to thank her is to be just the same loving, caring, calm, non-judgemental, open person and mother to my kids as she has been to Katie & I.
I love you mom.
Your mom sounds like an amazing woman!
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