I can’t help but think that I was driving home a year ago. That at about 11:00, Jessica called me, telling me Mom sounded funny.
That 10 minutes later, as I entered her apartment, I knew she was gone.
So many firsts, and the hardest ones were Christmas and her birthday, just 2 weeks ago. We never know, do we, how short our time might be?
Many people ask me what I’m doing for Mother’s Day. My beautiful daughters will make me a wonderful, yummy lunch and lemon meringue pie….which my mom also loved.
And I will remember her, and try to write down what I remember that isn’t written down already, and try to live by a quote I read by Crystal Paine:
“Don’t let another priceless moment slip through your fingers because
you are ‘too busy’. While you have the time, take the time.”
I miss her….her messages are still on my answering machine. And I wear her ring nearly every time I leave the house.
God has been so good, to encourage my heart (like sending cards from Heaven!) , giving me a Scripture or quote to comfort me, and to hold me when I cry.
And the greatest Mother’s Day gift I could receive, is if you would read this post from a year ago, and make time for your mom.
Please do.
You’ll be so very glad you did.
HUGS to you and your mom, from me.
Tags: anniversaries, loved ones, Mom, Mother's Day
This put tears in my eyes…hugs to you for the loss of your mom. I live on the opposite coast from my mom…I think I will call her today. Thanks for the post, and the quote. I noticed the quote in your signature on the T-tapp forum and it struck me. Your mom must have been a wonderful woman to have raised a person like you and although she is gone, her spirit continues to touch the world with all the people you touch too. I hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day!
p.s. I wish I would have found your blog when I was homeschooling!
I really enjoyed this post and the one you wrote last year. I’ve been keeping up on your daughters’ blog for a while now – and marveling at their pleasant demeanors and lighthearted personalities. I found your blog through them, and wished for you to write more about mothering and life (though it seems you have found a niche through exercise). And also, I can infer a lot about how you raise them by what they are like. Happy Mothers day.
Love,
Alison
Thank you, Alison!
Thank you for your kind words about my daughters! My girls are pretty special! (And I’m not one bit prejudiced!
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I do plan to get back to more posts on mothering and life….there’s of course never a “good” time and it seems my thoughts are going every which way these days, but after this next week I’m hoping to get back into a regular blog routine. Three mother/daughter banquets within a week of each other plus starting a new way of eating for our family is kind of consuming me right now!
Blessings and hugs to you!
~Trisch
Sending as many hugs as I can across the miles.
Trying to let go of things with my own mom.
Love, your ‘sister’!
Thank you, dear “sister”!
HUGS back atcha!
~Trisch