Mother’s Day will be celebrated tomorrow. This will be the third without my mom. In all those years I often wondered how those who had lost their mom felt. Well, now I know. I was a music minister before I retired April 2025. Because of that I didn’t get to spend that day with my mom, but I never failed to call her. In the early 2000’s I ran a blog and posted one on my mom. I have been going through some of her and dad’s files and found where she had printed it out. So if you don’t mind, I want to honor her by reprinting it.
My Mama Posted My 10 2008
This morning marks yet another Mother’s Day. Sometimes I wonder if that is just not the way we look at it. That we take our mothers for granted. We show up at their home like we never left and when we get there we expect to get the same old treatment we always got; unconditional love, a hot meal and never ending praise on how good we are. Personally I like all three even when they are not deserved.
But let me tell you about my mom. I should be able to tell you lots, after all I have known her all my life. My mom is a great cook! I know we all say that but she really is. Maybe her generation is the last to take their time when preparing a meal. Growing up we had 3 squares a day. She got up early, started the cooking before she ever called us to get up. While cooking our breakfast she oversaw our getting ready for school and trying her best to make sure we didn’t miss the bus( no I didn’t walk up hill both ways in the snow barefoot). Since I have 3 siblings, mom spent a great deal of time breaking up fights. When pleading didn’t work, the tears would. No-one wants to see their mom cry, even they caused it. And if that didn’t work, well you know.
I could go on and on but some you would be bored or maybe even upset because your life wasn’t like mine. My mom was not perfect, but modeled perfection in front of us. She gives her love unconditionally even today. That love goes beyond the walls of her home. We all have married and that love has been extended to our spouses, our children and recently our grandchildren. But, that is not where it ends. she has been the perfect mate for my dad, who is a minister. Her caring for not only her family but for those men, women and children of all ages in the church goes beyond explanation, except for the love of Christ in her life. This is the only why we can truly love those we really don’t want to.
My mom is now in her seventies and often tells us what she wants sung at her funeral. Why she even sent all of us an email sometime ago. But as far as I know, and only God truly does, she still has many years with us yet. Yes , the joints ache, but she still presses on and smiles still come to her face, and for that we are all grateful.
I hope that you have the opportunity to at very least call you mom and wish her happy Mother’s Day. If yours is no longer here, I hope you have many memories to remind you of your mother’s love.
So mom, thank you for your sacrifices through child birth, rearing, sicknesses and all the other stuff that we hope you have forgotten about. God grant us more time with you.
Mom is gone now. We did have a few more years with her. Yes the music (which she loved) that she wanted sung at her funeral was done. As a matter of fact she had written out her entire funeral. As you think on and honor your mom this Mother’s Day may it be a wonderful reflection.
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