RE:Membering

One of my best friends just suffered the loss of his mother.  An event that I went through a little over a year ago.  I have had time to heal, reflect, cry, laugh and remember.  He will have this time come to him too.  His mother, another mom and my mother were all best friends and they had been since he, my other best friend and I were 5 years old, all the moms, were all our "other mothers", they were like an exclusive but all inclusive club to which membership was precious.  So when his mom passed it hit me, it hit me hard.  It has taken me a week or so to figure out why.  There is only one "other mother" left.  The safety net of being able to bury your head in a moms arms after a hard day or laugh with when you hear a funny story was reduced by another third.

We three kids, more than our younger siblings, have always stayed close.  We may not have lived next door anymore, but we were always just a phone call away.  I guess you could say we are our own exclusive, but all inclusive club too.  It's funny the word remember, its core is as if to say becoming a member again...and it's true.  When we remember we admit a thought back into our conscious, into our collective current thoughts.  I also like to think memories when brought back are being reinstated into an exclusive club.  I also like to think that as these wonderful women pass on to the next life and  we remember them, they are being RE:Membered into their exclusive, inclusive club.  I believe my friends and I have a club to form.  Take a moment and RE:Member someone.

Three of us.....

Peace, Lindsay