Moms

How fortunate... I'm so thankful for all the Moms in the community.  I can weep to think how good people have been to me (and Alex and my dad).  I have Moms of all age... twenty-six, forty-five, sixty-something, etc.  All so eager to shower us with extra love and consideration.  I often find myself wondering, "Why is she being so nice?" then realizing that she is doing for me what my own mom would do.  I guess I forget that extra source of love I would have had (probably because my dad does excellently in filling in), and all these Moms remind me and Alex of what we're missing, in a good way.  For example, all these people taking me out to lunch "before I leave for school again"...  I thought, "What's so special about the end of winter break?  I'm gonna be back in a few weeks...  Guess they really just want an excuse to take me out."  Then I realized that yeah, my mom would probably cook something special on my last night.  Yeah, that is what moms usually do.  I feel overwhelmed with love and don't know how to thank them beyond saying "thank you" repeatedly.  I guess... same way I would thank Mommy.