I am so sorry for your loss.
Posted on 05/26/2008 5:01:10 AM PDT by txrangerette
Some of you know I physically cared for my mother for years.
I want you to know that she passed away Tuesday, May 20, and I laid her to rest Friday in Colleyville (Fort Worth), Texas, next to my father.
It is fitting at any time, but especially so this Memorial Day, to write a few words about her.
She was 86.
The World War II generation.
The most important thing to her is that she was a Christian. The greatest love of doing in her life was teaching Bible classes to children and women. At that she was masterful, and even spent years teaching other would-be teachers how to do that.
She was also a public school teacher in her later years. Couldn't afford college while young, so waited until in her 50s to enter the university and earn her degree with a perfect grade average. Then taught as a substitute at many levels while searching for a permanent position, until finding one at her chosen level and school teaching fifth grade.
Mother retired in 1992. The highlight to her teaching career was to coach two of her students to win regional spelling bees and accompany them on their trips to Washington D.C. And these were back to back years. It doesn't get much better.
She was a loving wife of 56 years to my father, and a determined, strict but affectionate mother to my brother and me.
Born on a farm near Fort Worth, she was poor (her father worked for the owner) but rose above it through education and hard work. The country and small towns always appealed to her, and we took numerous trips to sightsee and soak up local lore while always ending up eating in Dairy Queens.
She loved her God, her family and her country. She had a smile that stayed with you forever. She was beautiful, inside and out. We disagreed, we had our battles, but fundamentally we agreed on everything most eternal and important in life.
I miss her terribly. But her frail body and mind can now be whole again, in a better land even than America.
God Bless your dear mother. May the Dear Lord keep her in his embrace.
Be thinking of you and your family. Sad times but also the comfort she is no longer suffering and is whole again in the arms of her Saviour.
The most blessed people in the world are those who had good mothers. You are blessed.
Prayers for you & your family. Thanks for sharing that. May you all find comfort in what she left behind.
May Our Heavenly Father grant you peace in your heart and permit you to remember her with joy always, for the priveledge of having had one so dear. I ask this in Jesus’ Holy Name. God Bless you always.
Your mom sounds like a gem. Blessings on you.
Your mother must have been very special. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Prayers for comfort, joy, and peace as well as the hope of a blessed reunion one day in heaven.
I’m sorry for your loss. Your Mom sounds like quite a lady!
God bless,
GB
What a wonderful person your Mom must have been...sorry for your loss..Moms legacy is forever tho, and I’m sure the memories of her, and your faith, will guide you through the months ahead. God bless
Logan’s Prayer Warriors....please pray for txrangerette and the whole family....I’m sorry to hear of your loss.
I’m very sorry. Prayers for you.
Prayers for you and your family.
God bless.
My condolences and prayers.
A humble Prayer for you in this trying time...
Prayers for you all. I lost my own dear 84 year old mom this past Veterans Day. I miss her terribly too. Love never dies.
WOW!! You’re one blessed woman to have the kind of mom you had that can leave you with all these wonderful memories. She sounds special.
Prayers of comfort to you and your family. And praise God we shall one day reunite with our loved ones in His presence, never to be separated again.
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