My Mom is not coming to Vancouver this summer :(
I’m not usually one to whine or complain, but this gloomy Monday reminded me that my mother is not going to be coming to Vancouver for the summer. Usually (for the longest time, while I’ve lived in Vancouver) my Mom comes up North for a month or so (depending on how much time she spends with my other brother who lives in Canada too). 
I have grown used to not having my Dad visit me in Canada (or anywhere else in the world where I’ve lived) because he really doesn’t like to travel. That’s why I come down to Mexico at least once a year, to make sure to spend some time with my Dad. But my Mom and I definitely have the travel bug and we have travelled together to several countries, and she likes to come to visit us (my brother and I) with relative frequency (at least once a year). Sadly, last year, her sister passed away from a long fight with cancer (and thus I spent a substantial part of the summer down in Mexico) and this year, Mom has decided to visit her two sons who live in the United States. I think it’s all fair, since well, Mom has spent a number of summers up here, but I was really looking forward to introducing my Mom to the Vancouver tech/social media/blogging community. I guess that’ll have to wait until next year!
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Sorry to hear about that.
I feel for you. Doing a lot of travel myself and with parents living in Seattle, it already is challenging to see them.
My mom is coming up next week. She comes up for a night about once a month. She had to skip last month. She’s awesome. We watch marathons of House and cook something good. We used to go shopping, but you can only do so much of that.
Once, right after I very first met you, at D and Air’s, my mom and I were in Yaletown, in a patisserie, I saw you walking past the window. I would have called out, but you were walking so fast. And I’d only met you once, so I didn’t know if you’d remember me. But I pointed you out to my mom. So… my mom’s seen you but you have not seen my mom!