Birthday Lunch

The birthday before Mom passed away I turned 22 years old.  Mom wanted to take Anne and me to lunch in celebration of my big day.  I was really looking forward to it but when the day came I started feeling really sick.  I just felt awful and was so sad to think that I may miss lunch with Mom and Anne.  I was going to tell Mom that I couldn't go since I was sick, but luckily I started feeling much better.  I was so happy that my sickness went away so I could go out with Mom.  We had lunch and had a great time.  I can still picture it all in m mind.  We were sitting at a booth and Mom was sitting next to Anne across from me.  We talked for so long.  It was wonderful.  When I got home I started feeling sick again and ended up having a temperature of 102 later that night.  I am so thankful that I was able to spend my last birthday with my Mom doing something special with her.