Mom and Me

There are these moments with Mom that is like.......no one else exists, just me and her. Kinda like when you are hanging out with your best friend, having this really great day, and for the moment, you just forget there are other people in your life, responsibilities and all that business.
Last night was one of those nights. As the norm, got Mom dressed for bed, folded the blankets back, straightened the sheet and as I looked at her sitting on the edge of the bed, I saw this perfect spot for me. This place to just go sit beside her and chill for a moment.
Sitting beside her, it felt like old times, old times when I was able to hang out and talk with Mom. I asked her how her day was and she said pretty good. She said a few other things to me, then we put our heads together, agreed it was time to get some sleep, she gave me one for her beautiful, great, smiles of sunshine, I have her a hug, then tucked her in. I love this part of our day the best. Not because she is going to bed which ends my time of care for her for the day, but because we get to share the most love here. We exchange hugs, mama and child kisses, I remind her how much she means to me, that she is my Dolly girl always, to have sweet dreams, I love her.....she smiles again, says she loves me too, ..............then it's lights out.
It's like tucking in your child, but that's ok. Mama took care of all of us for as long as she could, even when we got older, helping with the kids, or the laundry or whatever she could do, inbetween all her galavanting around.
It's time now for her to be taken care of. Not really something I think she'll ever get used to.......but as a family, we'll do it anyways.