“Mami, Tu ta arriba- O tu ta bajo?”

I miss the stories you’d tell of the days when frizzy curly haired children running around a big house in Little Havana as you screamed around the house in red lipstick and high-waist shorts.

Every little gesture, annoying voicemail, and expensive taste in mother’s day presents each year makes this first year without you the hardest. Your smile that shone like sunlight through the delicate peonies petals is our wake up alarm in the morning, pushing us to be the people who you always wanted us to be. We miss you each day more than the last and on behalf of your favorite Princesses and little Prince, Happy Mother’s Day Mami.

We miss you each day more than the less, and although no amount of tears or anger can bring you back, So this time I’ll just remind you, Mami, nos vemos arriba…