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Would She?

My daughter reminds me so much of my mom. Aside from the fact that she looks so much like her (except for her dark brown curly hair, mom's was black and straight), it is pretty uncanny that a lot of her gestures are very similar to that of mommy's. In fact, even the way she would dial on the telephone with her fingers bouncing up and down caught the attention of mom's former workmates. And the way she sleeps on her side with her hands clasped under her head is surprisingly very mommy.

Which brought me wondering how things would have been if my mom was still here.

Would she be the disciplinarian that she always was? Or would she tolerate the way Reese spreads out all her toys on her play mat every single day? And would she play along and pretend to be cooking bananas with her too?

Would she wake up late as she always did? Or would she be on our side every morning waiting for Reese to wake up? And would she join daddy's and Reese's morning stroll along our neighborhood for some fresh air and morning sun?

Would she still watch her favorite telenovela every night? Or would she give in to Reese's pleas to watch Dora or Barney or Diego or Barbie or Spongebob? And would she buy her tickets for the annual out of town holiday Disney On Ice shows?

Would she bring her along when she goes on her weekend afternoon shopping or eating out rituals? Would she sing to her despite her perpetually out of tune voice? Would she buy her new clothes on paydays? Would she make her pray the rosary with her every night?

I will never know the answer to these questions. But one thing is for sure...things would have been better.

P.S.

But I know that things are better for her up there too, so I'm not complaining. I'm just always missing her.