I look so much like my mom! It feels very odd to edit pictures of myself and totally see her. Or, I may even catch a glance of myself in a mirror and think it’s my mom. I mean I know I always have resembled her, but there’s something about me right now at my current stage of life that really, really looks like her. When people used to tell me I looked like my mom, I never really took it as a compliment, but now I love it, and I am the one thinking it!
With all travel for the holidays taken out of the picture, I miss my family now more than ever. I’m finding I deeply miss my mom. It’s when something is truly taken from someone, that the loss is most definitely felt. I’m feeling it! So, if I see my mom in myself it’s a pleasure as I miss her so much. There was a time, when I was first married, that I regretted when anyone said I looked like her. Now, to hear that comment I would definitely take it as the most sincerest of compliments.
My parents have five kids, and we all carry both Downey (my mom’s side) and Freuen traits–some of us more Downey while others of us more Freuen. For example, my sister Mary looks like a pretty, female version of my dad. And Nicholas, my little brother, looks a lot like me–in fact when I put on one of those male effect face apps, I’m Nicholas’ twin! The thought that I won’t be able to see any of my siblings this holiday season makes me so sad. The memories made from last December are ever-present in my mind…
When I spoke to my mom, asking her who she thought looks the most like her out of the five of us, she said all of us! Mom thought it was our mannerisms that makes us think we see her in ourselves. I think she may be right–my kids often say I act just like Nie Nie (my mom)!! What’s that saying? I’m becoming my mother! Haha!!
Who do you look like in your family?
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