Everyday Hero 2 - My life with Mum

The year is 2020 & the month is December. We sit together to laugh & tell amazing stories that have been told before but feels as fresh as the day it was told. Sitting together watching a program on TV I do an impression of the man on TV to my Mum laughing. Whilst this may seem regular this is the kind of thing where I enjoy the moment I have with Mum & frankly its shaped who we are as people.

Little did I know that May of 2021 would be one of the last times I would see her due to the world pandemic taking its course here in Sydney. Yet somehow we never lost sight of what makes us happy & laugh. Despite Covid 19 taking its course on the world we always will be there for another.

To give people an understanding of the lovely lady pictured above me that is my incredible Mum she has an incredible sense of knowing when I was down & how more often then not to be able to calm me down.

I remember back in 2010 when I finished year 12 that I was feeling down about a particular person whom i'd havent had the best interactions with towards the end of the school year. My Mum always found a way to make me feel better & I knew that I would be okay for the time.

in Febuaray 2011 I left to go live with my Dad leaving my Mum with my Stepdad. It was a extremely hard time in my life & without knowing what really happened it changed the course of how I would eventually become the person I am today. It was never easy saying goodbye & even for a time I thought we would never speak again not because I didnt want to but because I felt ashamed & wanted something to change in me but that wouldnt be the case for many years to come.

Eventually we met up again & much like that time in 2010 finishing school Mum was able to comfort me even tho I probably didnt deserve it. It was like no time had passed at all & suddenly we were back on our paths in this life going forward.

I remember even as a kid she was someone I wanted to be close to & on one night(She knows this story very well by now) She made these little chicken peices & we sat together to watch a movie which for the life of me I cant remember but it makes me smile to think how happy I was even then as a little kid with her.

Another time in 2003 we did the same thing again. We deep fried some chips & just watched a movie or TV show. We ate & laughed so much that the day that proceeded the night(We had just moved in to this new house) Was forgotten as we just smiled & laughed so much.

These stories always come back to me & more often then not I remember some of the best times in my life were shared with her. She has created an amazing world for me to live in & has given me the tools to create a happier life for me.

as 2021 nears closing I just vision the day I will be able to make her laugh & talk about the times we once had & talk about the future that will come forward.

I cant turn back the time nor can I change the events that happened in my life but one thing stays true that the relationship I have with my mum has been the greatest success I have had in my life.