my mom passed away before texting was a thing.
even though we would talk frequently on the phone,
she would still send me notes and postcards through the mail.
they were always filled with words of wisdom, words of encouragement,
and often an article she would rip from a magazine because she thought it would interest me.
and even more often, it would only be part of the article, because she would forget to rip out the second page.
i am so thankful i still have some of her handwritten messages..
because a girl always needs a word from her mother.
lyrics: vanilla ice ~ “ice ice baby”
and she was 