Today, January 5, 2010, marks the start of a new chapter in my life............one begun on my own, without my Mom, who passed away on December 30th, 2010.
She passed away at 80 years of age, due to the ravages of cancer~Multiple Myeloma. Her service was yesterday. My world, and the world of my brothers and sisters, along with numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, will never be the same. She was the last of her generation in my family. Now, the baton has been passed to me, and my brothers and sisters, to carry on the legacy left to us by two beloved parents, both of southern decent, who taught us to love others, without reservation or, discrimination. Neither one of my parents knew a stranger, and always welcomed people into their lives and into our home , with one goal: to make them feel like part of the family!
It's that southern accent that I'll yearn for the most, though all I have to do is make a phone call to a few extended family members, who remain in the south, for that southern-drawl 'fix'. And how can I forget my dear friend, Billie, or my friend Ginger, BOTH of whom have hailed from Tennesse, my home state! God chose to bless my life with these two precious women, as His way of keeping me connected to my 'roots'. We truly are 'GRITS'~Girls Raised In The South!
My mother was a beautiful, loving, energetic dynamo of a woman, whose life was spent being an advocate for those less fortunate, and for those creatures who had no voice: the animals. She exemplified the true meaning of Christianity, loving the unlovable, and living to ease the burdens of others. I can only hope that the legacy I leave my children and grandchildren could be half what my mother's is. For sure, I will look to her as my model for what LOVE is really all about. We are all the same, you and I...............all of us in need of being loved unconditionally, and appreciated for who we are. We have been created in the image of a loving God, and He is reflected in each and every one of us! Maybe we could be a little kinder, to others as WELL as to ourselves, if we just realized that! Thankyou , Mom, for loving me, and for setting an example for loving well. I will miss you, always. Your loving daughter, Andrea
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Very nice...Your first line should say January 5 2011, not 2010. I always screw up the year at the beginning of a new year for awhile, too. Ha ha! Nice to see you writing.
ReplyDeleteGuess I better change my name so you'll know who I am.
ReplyDeleteThis is the blog I 'lost', and it was written on Jan.5, 2011, as you noticed! I couln't believe that I 'found' the blog on the very day that it was written, one year before! I had also forgotten that it was January 4th that the services were held for Mom. Boy, time has flown. Alot happens in a year's time, huh? Thanks for being my anonymous editor!
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