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“My mom. She used to annoy me with her constant calls and her always checking up on me. I would feel frustrated with feeling like I had to pacify her with my precious time because she liked to call me every single day to check-in. When she died suddenly when I was 39, I had no idea how much those daily check-ins really meant to me.”
“Did I have an extra 20 minutes for her every day? Yes, and I wish I would have used it better. Now, I cling to old voicemails just to listen to her say, ‘Hey, chick! Just checking to see how your day was. Love you!’ one more time.“
—44, Texas
“Having my mom. I always assumed she’d be there forever, to help out with my kids, or to sew stuff for me (she tried to teach me, but I was more interested in the Super Nintendo), or to be at the other end of the phone to hear me vent or brag about how delicious the dinner I made was.”
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