Daily writing prompt

Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?

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I would say that this question is pretty easy to answer. All of my life I’ve been loved by my mother. Sure we had some disagreements but even with those occurrences, I feel less stressed when she’s around, (this also includes when she is on the phone too,) and a lot of times I feel like just her presence in any situation involving me makes it workable no matter how bad it might have been prior to her inclusion in the situation. This will make it all the more sad when her times comes and this is not lost on me at all. I know one day it will happen and whether I’m 35 or 105 years old, I will never be ready for that. My mother simply has had such a big impact on my life and so much of my life and my overall mood depends on her status, (whether she is feeling good or not, and perhaps the question she gets asked most often by me, “Are you mad mom?”) This question gets on her nerves and I will say this. When she is mad at me for any reason, this will trigger my anxiety and anyone around me should watch out. I have told her many times that while I don’t care how anybody else thinks of me, if she is mad at me, I simply cannot cope whether I deserve her to be or not. The fact remains though that I am at my best emotionally when mom is around either in person or by phone, the latter of which annoys her to no end when I spend half of my day calling her. Let it be written on my tombstone that one person had such a huge impact on me and this is mom.