Today I celebrated my 58th birthday. I feel so young, I have work that keeps me satisfied, I am married to my best friend, have a precious family and so many great friends. I have so much to be thankful for. I am grateful for my life and yet...this year, I reflected on my precious mother who at 58 died of cancer. I was 39...the year she died and had for six years watched her live with the disease with faith and optimism. When I was 39, I didn't know what it felt like to be 58. When I was 39, I lost a mother too young!
I began my day with my sacred prayer time. During that time I thanked God for my beautiful mother. I reflected on all the years I have lived without her in my life...and what that has meant to all of those family she left behind. I felt grateful for how she shaped me to be the woman I am today.
I will forever miss my mother...today I missed her differently. Mothers like mine are far and few between. I am grateful today for her life, for my life, and for days like this that allow me to remember her and what she will always mean to me.
Happy Birthday to me...I still feel like I am twenty three!
Lynnette what you wrote was spot on. Your mother was more then a Sister-In-Law to me, I am a better man having known her. As long as people like you and I love, remember, and cherish her she will always be with US.
ReplyDeleteYour mother IS so proud of you and what you have accomplished.
I may raze you but I also LOVE you.