My Mama loved Valentine’s Day and loved my daughter Sophia who was born on my Mama’s birthday. They had this special bond and we only lived a few miles apart. Every Valentine’s Day she would hand make a Valentine card and the two of them would make heart-shaped sugar cookies with pink icing and my Mom always gave my daughter a small heart shaped box filled with candy.

As my Mom approached her 80’s, the rheumatoid arthritis in her hands prevented her from making cookies but she always made sure she went to the bakery and bought Sophia a pink cupcake. My Mom would also write a poem to my daughter. How I wish my Mama was still alive to see my daughter graduate from nursing school. My Mama was a school nurse when I was growing up and I know she would have been so proud to see her receive her BSN. Sophia and I talk every day and share our favorite memories with her Nana.