Thread by @owillis

writing this thread now because i try to avoid twitter on the weekend and, frankly, it isn't easy 1/

this will now be the 5th mother's day without my mom, Paulette Rosemarie Lowe-Willis. i, my family, and the world lost her 6 yrs ago (may 14, 2015).

i kind of think you really know you miss someone when you feel physical pain when thinking about the hole their absence left.

i feel like this all the time. i talk about her all the time (ask anyone who knows me irl). i think about her all the time.

i dont think about her w the same intensity every day. but every day for 6 years i think about her. i miss her more than words can say.

i think i sort of have the zeal of a zealot when i talk about my mom, cause im always trying to convince people, "no, seriously, my mother was amazing."

but she really was. she wasn't famous, but she had an impact on so many people's lives, far beyond my own.

it doesn't necessarily "get better." for me, there's never "moving in." its not that i wallow in the sorrow -- she'd be upset if i did that -- but it's there and will always be there.

but the upside is nobody has ever known her like me. nobody.

so i think about her a lot on the special days - her birthday, my birthday, christmas, and mother's day. but all the other time too. and i miss her a lot. more than words can say.

she used to refer to herself as "oliver's mother" -- and me? im paulette's son.

so happy mother's day, mom. mommy. mother. i miss you a whole ton, and one day we'll be back together and we've got a lot to catch up on. 💔💓💗♥️❤️

Paulette Willis, 1951-2015, My Mom oliverwillis.com/paulette-willi…

pps here's some video of my mom clowning me on my birthday in 2010 for getting old and having my hairline recede, lol