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WELL FIRST LET ME MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT MY MOM PASSED AWAY MAY 1, 2008 AT THE AGE OF 57 I HAD TAKEN MY MOM TO THE COAST IN FEBUARY IT WAS HER FIRST TRIP WITHOUT MY STEPDAD WHO PASSED AWAY APRIL 26 2007 ,IT WAS A DIFFICULT TRIP FOR BOTH OF US BECAUSE WE HAD SPENT ALOT OF TIME AS A FAMILY THERE . ANYWAYS I TOOK MY MOM TO THE COAST FOR A FEW DAYS WE WENT TO HEARST CASTLE SHE HAD NEVER BEEN THERE WE SPENT OUR DAYS WALKING ONTHE BEACH TALKING AND LAUGHING WITH MY KIDS ONE NIGHT WE SAT DOWN WATCHED THE SUN SET OVER THE OCEAN AND SHE TOLD ME THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL PROMISE ME YOU WILL BRING ME BACK HERE AGAIN SO I TOLD HER OKAY MOM I WILL BRING YOU . WELL THE WEEKEND MY MOM DIED WAS THE WEEKEND WE WERE GOING TO GO . I TOLD MYSELF AND EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY THAT I WOULD NEVER GO BACK TO THE BEACH AGAIN IT WOULD NVER BE THE SAME FOR ME . BUT LAST WEEK I TOLD MY HUSBAND JASON I WANTED TO GO THAT I NEEDED TO GET THROUGH THIS SO WE WENT I DID OKAY UNTIL SUNDAY WALKING ON THE PIER I COULD HER MY MOM TALKING TO ME I CRIED SO HARD AND ALL I COULD DO WAS SAY TO MYSELF YOU HAVE TO DO THIS ELENA MOM WOULD NOT WANT YOU TO STOP COMING TO A PLACE WE LOVED SO MUCH I SAT THERE  ON THE PIER WITH MY HUSBAND AND FRIENDS  TALKING TO ME ABOUT MY MOM AND SAY ING I DID THE FIRST STEP IN DEALING WITH THIS AFTER A WHILE IT FELT GOOD TO OVER COME IT I WENT ON WITH THE DAY KNOWING THAT I DID IT I MISS HER AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE TIMES WE SHARED BUT LIKE A FRIEND TOLD ME IT WAS TIME TO MAKE NEW MEMORIES THAT DAY AND  I DID