[ WP ] You found a picture of you and your mom from childhood , and realize she 's not aged a day . You and your siblings then come to the realization that none of you have ever seen her sleep .

Dad took away my phone... Said it was dropping my marks too much and I needed to focus on things more important than Facebook memes. 
 
 I bet he hid it somewhere in his room. Which is exactly why I'm rummaging through it right now while he is at work. I have to be quick though, he should be finishing up soon. 
 
 I have honestly barely been in here so I have no idea where he would hide things. I checked under his bed, but only found a bunch of shoeboxes filled with some of mom's stuff. I checked the dresser but only found dad's clothes. Hell, I even checked the closet but the only electronic stuff there was some wires, which I had no idea what they were for. 
 
 I sighed and stood up, scanning the room again. Then I noticed my dad had a lot of framed pictures on top of his dresser. That is so old school. 
 
 But I got curious and decided to walk over and look at them. 
 
 They were all pictures of my mom. 
 
 A picture of when they got married, a picture of her holding me when I was born. A picture of her holding Alex in the hospital a year later. There was a picture of all of us at the beach, Alex and I still only around 2 and 3 years old. 
 
 Then I noticed something weird. The photos that took place after the beach photo not only had their own corner on the dresser, but mom looked the same in all of them. The picture of us on my 10th birthday. The picture of us all dressed up for Halloween a bit before that. Even the Christmas photo from last year! 
 
 Then, I heard the car door slam shut outside. Shit. I ran out of the room to bump into my mom carrying a basket of laundry. 
 
 `` What are you doing in there?'' she asked. 
 
 I stammered, `` umm... uhh... nothing?'' 
 
 `` Are you looking for your phone?'' 
 
 I scratched the back of my neck for a second before she smiled and pulled my phone out of her back pocket. 
 
 `` Do n't tell your dad.'' 
 
 She then walked past me, still looking the same in all those photos earlier, even though they must have spanned almost a decade. 
 
 I walked downstairs to meet dad as he came in through the front door. 
 
 `` Oh hey there,'' he said when he noticed me walking down the stairs, `` how was school Sam?'' 
 
 `` Good, good,'' I said. Then I decided to ask, `` hey I just wanted to know, why does mom always look the same?'' 
 
 `` What do you mean?'' he asked. 
 
 `` I saw some old pictures and she does n't seem to change much. She never seems to go out for a haircut. I do n't think I've ever seen her use makeup. Heck, she rarely uses the bathroom or sleep I think. Does n't she seem weird?'' 
 
 My dad sighed, `` I guess I should tell you.'' 
 
 `` Tell me what?'' 
 
 `` When you guys were little, there was an accident. Your mom and I got in a car crash coming back from dinner. That's why Grandma and Grandpa babysat for a whole week instead of just a night. Only I made it...'' 
 
 He paused for a moment, thinking back. It seemed like he was almost going to cry even though that must have been 10 years ago. 
 
 `` I missed your mom so much. I still do. I loved her, and I still do. I felt like I lost a part of me, like if I lost my legs.'' 
 
 He wiped away a tear on his face and continued, `` so I took half of our life savings and I got an robot. Looks just like your mom. It almost makes it feel like she is still here. And you were kids, you would n't know. You would still have a mother!'' 
 
 Then my'mom' came down the stairs asking what was going on. Why was my dad crying? 
 
 He pulled her close, burying his head in her shoulder. `` I love you so much, I miss you.''
