I think that I will share 10 things that my mother did that amazed me during her short life...things that most people would not realize since most people didn't have a chance to get to know her very well. I invite you to share 10 things that amaze you about your mothers...
She could -
1. cook without a recipe...this is why today nothing she made can be duplicated
2. be nice to really mean people...she never felt the need to be mean back.
3. make friends with anyone anywhere at anytime - it didn't matter if she had a reason to - she never needed to be alone or have time to herself
4. always want to have her picture taken - this is something that I will never understand, but I admired ever time it was time for photos
5. believe that excess did not exist in her world...she thought that living meant that there were not limits...fun, laughing, spending...all of it was to do to the nth degree
6. produce a funny saying or phrase for everything
7. tell a funny story no matter the occasion or the audience
8. be brilliant at her profession without having to intimidate people
9. love her children to the point that their worst faults were invisible to her
10. use every moment of her life as a teaching moment and not a preaching moment...
remarkable, different and all together warm - she was born to be a mother and I miss her more every year...absence truly does make the heart grow fonder...when you lose your mother you lose part of yourself and part of you is born at the same time that you never knew existed.
1 comment:
A very sweet and touching remembrance. I will have to come up with a list myself, I believe that somehow potato salad will be involved. Take care, see you this weekend.
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