Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Good Charlotte sings the song. I don't
intend on making any money from this either. I did create Jada though.
A/N: Another short story this time focusing not on Randy's view of the loss of Elizabeth, but of their daughter Jada. It might be the beginning of more about Jada but I'm not sure.
Thank You Mom
Jada was listening to the radio trying not to think about her mother. Something she'd found almost impossible to do in the last ten months. She still hadn't figured out how to move past her mother's death. She heard a song that brought her mother to the for front of her mind.
I'm sitting here and thinking back
To a time when I was young
My memory is clear as day
I'm listening to the dishes clink
You were downstairs, you would sing
Songs of praise
And all the times we laughed with you
And all the times that you stayed true to us
Now we say
Her mother raised Jada until she was almost 15 years old. When her parents were married she didn't see much of her father anyway. When she was 15 Jada chose to go live with her father. To this day she never figured out why
Jada couldn't help but to remember the memories from early on when she almost never saw her father. (Even when was living with him she hadn't seen as much of her father as she would like.) She and her mother were best friends, but she still knew her mother was in charge. She would sit and do her home work every evening after dinner and Elizabeth would do dishes and sing along with the local Christian Rock station. That was the only thing that Elizabeth allowed in the house until about Jada's twelfth birthday. The real thing had always brought a smile to her face, and now just thinking about it was still bringing a smile to her face.
I said I thank you
I'll always thank you
More than you could know
Than I could ever show
And I love you
I'll always love you
There's nothing I won't do
To say these words to you
That you're beautiful forever
Jada remembered a seven years old telling her mother that she just wanted to be like her and thank you for singing to me all the time. Elizabeth just smiled at her little girl knowing in the end that everything would be alright.
Jada also remembered telling her mother constantly that she was beautiful, but every time she remember the response that her mother gave her. I'm only beautiful because I have you.
You were my mom
You were my dad
The only thing I ever had was you
It's true
Jada never realized how much her mom meant to her until she was gone. She was both parents and the only constant she ever had. Even when she was with her father she always talked and visited regularly with her mother.
And even when the times got hard
You were there to let us know
That we'd get through
You showed me how to be a man
You taught me how to understand
The things people do
You showed me how to love my God
You taught me that not everyone knows the truth
She almost cried remembering how hard it had been. Even as a child her mother had been in one volatile relationship after another. Her mother never let her know how hard things must have been and now she was older and was beginning to realize what she had gone through.
Elizabeth was the one who taught her how to be a woman. Her mother taught her how to look sexy, beautiful and classy all at the same time. Her mother taught her how to be honest and truthful but still tactful. Most of all she showed her that there was someone up there looking out of her especially when things got difficult
And I thank you
I'll always thank you
More than you will know
Than I could ever show
And I love you
I'll always love you
There's nothing I won't do
To say these words to you
That you will live forever
Forever, forever and ever
That's when Jada realized that she never got the opportunity to thank her mother enough. Nothing she could do would ever thank you enough for all the things that she had done, and the outstanding mother that she had been even when Elizabeth had to play both the role of mother and father. Jada never realized exactly how much she loved her mother until she heard the lyrics.
I said I thank you
I'll always thank you
More than you could know
Than I could ever show
And I love you
I'll always love you
There's nothing I won't do
To say these words to you
That you will live forever
"Thank you, Mom," Jada muttered looking out the window at the garden that she and her mother had planted ever year. That's when it dawned on her how to say thank you for all the things she'd done.
She would follow her dreams and she would do it with the class and dignity that he mother had always shown even in the face of adversity. Elizabeth had never backed down and either would she.
"I love you mom."
______________________________________________________________________ There you go please review.
A/N: Another short story this time focusing not on Randy's view of the loss of Elizabeth, but of their daughter Jada. It might be the beginning of more about Jada but I'm not sure.
Thank You Mom
Jada was listening to the radio trying not to think about her mother. Something she'd found almost impossible to do in the last ten months. She still hadn't figured out how to move past her mother's death. She heard a song that brought her mother to the for front of her mind.
I'm sitting here and thinking back
To a time when I was young
My memory is clear as day
I'm listening to the dishes clink
You were downstairs, you would sing
Songs of praise
And all the times we laughed with you
And all the times that you stayed true to us
Now we say
Her mother raised Jada until she was almost 15 years old. When her parents were married she didn't see much of her father anyway. When she was 15 Jada chose to go live with her father. To this day she never figured out why
Jada couldn't help but to remember the memories from early on when she almost never saw her father. (Even when was living with him she hadn't seen as much of her father as she would like.) She and her mother were best friends, but she still knew her mother was in charge. She would sit and do her home work every evening after dinner and Elizabeth would do dishes and sing along with the local Christian Rock station. That was the only thing that Elizabeth allowed in the house until about Jada's twelfth birthday. The real thing had always brought a smile to her face, and now just thinking about it was still bringing a smile to her face.
I said I thank you
I'll always thank you
More than you could know
Than I could ever show
And I love you
I'll always love you
There's nothing I won't do
To say these words to you
That you're beautiful forever
Jada remembered a seven years old telling her mother that she just wanted to be like her and thank you for singing to me all the time. Elizabeth just smiled at her little girl knowing in the end that everything would be alright.
Jada also remembered telling her mother constantly that she was beautiful, but every time she remember the response that her mother gave her. I'm only beautiful because I have you.
You were my mom
You were my dad
The only thing I ever had was you
It's true
Jada never realized how much her mom meant to her until she was gone. She was both parents and the only constant she ever had. Even when she was with her father she always talked and visited regularly with her mother.
And even when the times got hard
You were there to let us know
That we'd get through
You showed me how to be a man
You taught me how to understand
The things people do
You showed me how to love my God
You taught me that not everyone knows the truth
She almost cried remembering how hard it had been. Even as a child her mother had been in one volatile relationship after another. Her mother never let her know how hard things must have been and now she was older and was beginning to realize what she had gone through.
Elizabeth was the one who taught her how to be a woman. Her mother taught her how to look sexy, beautiful and classy all at the same time. Her mother taught her how to be honest and truthful but still tactful. Most of all she showed her that there was someone up there looking out of her especially when things got difficult
And I thank you
I'll always thank you
More than you will know
Than I could ever show
And I love you
I'll always love you
There's nothing I won't do
To say these words to you
That you will live forever
Forever, forever and ever
That's when Jada realized that she never got the opportunity to thank her mother enough. Nothing she could do would ever thank you enough for all the things that she had done, and the outstanding mother that she had been even when Elizabeth had to play both the role of mother and father. Jada never realized exactly how much she loved her mother until she heard the lyrics.
I said I thank you
I'll always thank you
More than you could know
Than I could ever show
And I love you
I'll always love you
There's nothing I won't do
To say these words to you
That you will live forever
"Thank you, Mom," Jada muttered looking out the window at the garden that she and her mother had planted ever year. That's when it dawned on her how to say thank you for all the things she'd done.
She would follow her dreams and she would do it with the class and dignity that he mother had always shown even in the face of adversity. Elizabeth had never backed down and either would she.
"I love you mom."
______________________________________________________________________ There you go please review.