Today is Thursday, and on Sunday it's Mother's Day.
My mum died 35 years ago on 2nd June, and today I have been thinking of her, and realising what a huge influence she had on my life, and how I have turned out. She taught us to love and fear God, she taught us to be chaste morally, and she taught us to be honest, kind, and to treat others as we would like to be treated.
I must have truly listened to her, because even when I was treated harshly by other kids at school, because I had a "funny" accent, and because I was chubby, I never retaliated. I always kept quiet, and did my crying on the inside so that they would never know that they had hurt me. I also learned to forgive them. Even as a child, I knew because mum had told me, that to err is human, to forgive divine.
She taught me all the basics a woman needs to know. As I was growing up, she told me what changes to expect in my body, she taught me how to cook, clean and nurture - not consciously as such, but by example. Even when dad had to go away to work, and she had to clean other peoples' houses to get enough money to feed us, we never wanted for food, clothing, or shelter. Mum would make us dresses, and we loved them. She could make a whopping meal out of virtually nothing, and often wwe went to bed with tummies filled with bread and milk, a huge treat she made it seem, but we didn't know at the time that there was nothing else for us to have.
Mum made life an adventure for us, and I am eternally grateful to the Father that he chose her and Dad for my parents, no other parents would have been able to shape me into the person I am today! I pray that I have the same influence over my own children, and even the grandies. Thank you Lord, I can't give mum a present or a card on Mothers' Day, but I will never, ever, forget her! I love her so!
Eilleen
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what beautiful memories you have! She was (and still is through you) an awesome Lady! thank you for sharing her with us. I know you miss her and I miss mine too. She went to be with the Lord in 1988 and I still feel her with me. God bless you, love Betty