To my hero, my rock, and my best friend… To my mother.

You left me too soon, with hundreds of unsaid words and even more unexpressed feelings. I know that you didn’t want that either, but life can be unfair sometimes.

I am left in this world with the hope that you are in a better place now and that you finally found your peace.

You were always trying to be a better wife, a better mother, a better daughter, a better friend… and you were. You were THE BEST mama!

You used to say that we won’t be able to understand you and Dad until we have our own kids. And you were right.

Now that I have my son, I am aware of all the sacrifices you had to make to raise us. And because of that, I am so very sorry that I can’t thank you enough or to show you how I appreciate it.

But even if you were here, one lifetime wouldn’t be enough to thank you for everything you’ve done.

Now I understand that life was never as easy and perfect as you always tried to present it to us.

All we could see on your face is a smile because you wanted to protect us from bad things and evil people.

A smile was your weapon against all the bad things that happened in your life.

We never even assumed that you had any problems because it was your decision not to show us anything except love and happiness. And I am very grateful for that because we had a...