Lizzie Carver

It was my birthday on Saturday and when I awoke, the first thing I wanted to do was call my mom. Big surprise, huh I noticed I had missed phone calls and text messages from family and friends, which all put a smile on my face, but I needed to start my day off with my mom's voice. I remembered last y...
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I sent my sister Renee a text the other night. I was in the middle of my nightly prayer, asking God to please be with my family and help us to get through this difficult journey, when I stopped praying and picked up my cell phone and wrote the text message to Renee. I just can't stand the distance b...
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When I called for my mom at the nursing home, one of the staff went to Mom's room and told her, "Your daughter is on the phone, Bonne." Mom got confused when she tried to give her the phone, as she sometimes does. I could hear Mom close to the phone so I said, "Hi Mom, this is Lizzie" Then she said,...
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I recently returned from a trip to Alaska. Usually before I go on vacation my mom would give me loving instructions to be safe, take lots of pictures, have lots of fun, and to call her when I get there so she knows I made it there safely. Of course I don't get those motherly instructions anymore, sh...
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There are times in a womans life when she just needs her mom. More and more, I have come to realize just how much she has always been there for me and how much I have always counted on that. Its always been a sense of comfort knowing she was around. I could call her at any time and she would be ther...
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