I never knew the real meaning of “you never miss your water ‘till your well runs dry” until recently when I lost the person that I now know was my best friend… my mother. Out of all my brothers and sisters I got the most butt whippings, and now I thank her for every single one of them, as they made me who I am today.
Four days after Christmas I received a Christmas card. It wasn’t in her handwriting but I think that though she couldn’t sign it herself, she thought enough to have her nurse’s aide sign it for her and address it to me and her 8 grandchildren cats. It brought joy to my heart and laughter in my life. She looked completely at peace at her funeral with that elephant in her hand. She loved elephants. I really believed she could fly. I believed she could touch the sky, as she thought about it every day. She spread her wings and when she took her last breath she flew away. I know she is soaring now. God opened the door and she went running through. I believe she can fly, I know that she is flying even now. I want to thank my nephew from the bottom of my heart for the care he gave her until her final day. He didn’t let any pain, harm, or danger come upon even a strand of hair on her head.
M is for the many things she gave me
O means that I owe her all I owe
T is for the tender sweet caring she shared
H is for her heart of purest gold
E is for her eyes, shining like scarlet
R means right, and right she’ll always be
Put them all together and they spell mother, a word that means the world to me!
