Thursday, January 29, 2015

A Memorial

Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of our Mom's passing. She was 89 and up until the final months of her life, she was fully engaged with family and friends. Among Mom's attributes were:
. loving her family
. loving her friends
. loving her neighbors
. having a deep sense of the spiritual side of things (I'd even venture to say that Mom was someone who had one foot in heaven way before she actually went there)
. she was a romantic at heart, prone to reading fiction (and writing poetry)
. yet she was very practical (a great cook, for instance) which leads to...
. she loved to have family over for special meals
. she enjoyed her book club!
. she was always happy to see you
. she was always ready with a hug
. she had a ready smile

I've probably told this story before, but it really bears repeating.

When I was a kid (maybe 7 or 8) one summer day our Mom asked us to bring one of the neighbor kids into the house. It turned out she wanted to give him a bath. While he was in the tub, I was a little peeved that Mom was giving a kid I barely knew a bath. When I asked her the reason for her action, she looked at me with compassion in her eyes and said, "Dan, he needs one."

And it was true. Mom always had an eye out to help others. It was deep in her DNA, having been born on a farm, with neighbors routinely extending a helping hand to each other.

Thank you Mom for your example of a life well lived!

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