In Loving Memory Of NANCY PEASE ALBERT Who died May 25, 2003 One last, enduring note to and for my Mom It’s now been a year without you; I just can’t believe it. I still wait for your phone call and now wait for the time I don’t think of you many times a day; both, I know, are not coming. I am so grateful for the time we had and the precious memories we created together. I just wish I had known you were leaving so quickly. I am thankful, though, that any visit could have been the last and I would regret nothing, as you saw to it that our relationship never needed repair. You were an amazing woman, fully due my overwhelming and undying admiration and respect. It seems unfair that the strength I have to cope without you is the one gift I never knew you gave me. You always said it was you and I against the world, and now it is just me, and I am expected to accept that. As you look down upon me, if it is strength you wish most for me, the strength to live without you, it is most difficult for me to conjure; I can only do so for your blessing when we meet again. Please Mom, be proud of me too for helping, for trying, for caring. To aspire to be even half the woman, the lady that you were, is certainly a most difficult goal. In the mirror I see me. I see the girl that you molded and loved. I see your life’s work and feel such obligation to do right. I appreciate it all, Mom, all the sacrifice and hardship just for me, your unconditional love, your tone. I will always strive to be a reflection of you and Calla. I am just so proud, so lucky, to be Nancy Albert’s daughter. It’s been a year; I just can’t believe it. I so long for my best friend, my world. Thank you Mom, literally, for everything. I love you so much. Rest well, Mom, I miss you so much…
NANCY PEASE ALBERT
