I feel like this is advice my mom would give to me if she were here. She loved to garden and rarely cussed, but she had such a goofy sense of humor! The first time I saw this, I laughed, because I could totally see her saying this to me when I complain about the struggles of military life. I can't believe it's been 10 years, momma. 10 years that I've managed to go on without you. One day at a time. It's been 10 years of figuring out who I am without you, how to carry on, how to adapt. 10 years of discovering a strength I didn't realize that I had. I am forever changed by you, from the 22 years we had together, and now by the always-increasing years that we are apart. I look at life a little differently since you left. I know that tomorrow is never a guarantee for any of us. I'm a little less hesitant to go for what I truly want. I worry a little less about what others think. I feel like I've entered