When I was very little, my relationship with my grandma was so close that I used to call her Mom, while my mom was Mommy. I know it pained her when I got to be old enough to start calling her Grandma.

I wish the fact that she lives 3 hours away and doesn't have email didn't have such an effect on how much we communicate. But that's a failing of mine that I have to overcome.

I was lucky to have more than one mom-figure in my life.