Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Please don't let this distract from the fun below. And I wouldn't post it but I just found this thing and I'd thought it was gone forever. I had forgotten a friend made a special card for me with this in it. It's the eulogy I wrote for my Mother's funeral.
I give this to you all now as a gift to single Mother's struggling to survive. Know that your children will not forget. I didn't.
She was a champion.
A pioneer for all the young Mother's
who stumbled along behind her, onto
the thorny path of single parenthood.
She took no hand-outs.
Asked for no help.
Her children were her life.
She fed them, clothed them,
and slew their dragons.
She did it all with honor and honesty.
But more than this, she did it with love.
She leaves behind a legacy of great courage.
We were blessed to have her and will miss
her sorely, every hour of every day,
till we feel her gentle touch again,
in God's open doorway.
I give this to you all now as a gift to single Mother's struggling to survive. Know that your children will not forget. I didn't.
She was a champion.
A pioneer for all the young Mother's
who stumbled along behind her, onto
the thorny path of single parenthood.
She took no hand-outs.
Asked for no help.
Her children were her life.
She fed them, clothed them,
and slew their dragons.
She did it all with honor and honesty.
But more than this, she did it with love.
She leaves behind a legacy of great courage.
We were blessed to have her and will miss
her sorely, every hour of every day,
till we feel her gentle touch again,
in God's open doorway.
posted by Crabby at 4:24 PM |
8 Comments:
So Crabby, did you grow up to be a pretty good person? I am sure she had a part in that. She did the best she could.
I, only a few times, snuck in late but is was OK. Just the same I got to know my Fathers belt pretty good for a little while there. Not that I was real terrible but I did rebell a little bit.
You touched my heart with this. Thank you so much for sharing your words and this lovely piece of your mother.