Giving a Eulogy for My Birth Mother

Attending my mother’s funeral is a painful experience. I really wanted to be there, but I did not want to say goodbye to my mother, not yet. It is much too soon. I feel like I have just really gotten to know her in the last few years. Now I’m giving her eulogy to people who know her better than I did. Because my mom couldn’t take care of me, I was given up for adoption as a baby. For years I never even knew I had another mother somewhere. When we finally reconnected a year ago, we had to squeeze a life time into twelve short months. At least I have those memories.