It was one year ago today that my Mom passed away.

I really miss her.

My father had passed in 2004, so my siblings and I are on our own.  By our ages, we should be able to take care of ourselves, right?  One has to think so.

But it’s not so easy when you have the relationships we have within our family.  In leaving the nest in our youth, we have been working to establish our own lives in the world – like completing an assigned task.  Not exactly a “warm and fuzzy” environment, I guess.  Probably explains a lot.

I go around whining about the lack of human connection in today’s society, with e-mails, tweeting, texting and all.  It’s obvious that I am looking to connect with people on a human level to make up for the lack of connection I felt with my family during my formative years.  Could I have made more of an effort back then?  Of course I could have – but I just didn’t know how to.

Well, now I feel like I do.  And I have a lot of catching up to do with humanity.  And, my siblings.  But I’ve missed out on my parents – and I’ll have to live with that for the rest of my days.

I’m sorry, Mom and Dad.

I miss you both.

I’m doing fine.

Happy 2012.