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| My sweet Momma and I on a road trip to visit my niece, Tryst. We're sporting our fine hotel amenities and she's pulling her face back to do the "self facelift" for the picture! (which, of course I teased her about all weekend!) Oh man I love this woman! |
I want to share here, what I shared about my Momma at her Memorial Service. I think it fitting on Valentines Day to do so. My Momma, LOVED WELL.
Here it is...
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If I were going to stand here and tell you ALL the amazing things about my Momma… we would be here all day. The main thing I will always remember about her is her UN-conditional and self sacrificing LOVE.
While I was growing up I always knew that no matter how bad I did or how terribly I screwed up (OR EVEN IN MY ADULTHOOD for that matter!), that I would ALWAYS have her Love.
She had that exact same Love for her husband (My Daddy), for every one of her children, for her Grand Children, her Great Grandchildren and her beloved friends.
Her love was one of the BEST examples I have of the kind of love that Jesus has for me.
From Romans 8
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
And Daddy, I just want to say to you (while you’re still here to hear it) That I am SO THANKFUL for the love that you have given me and all of us. And I just want you to know how VERY PROUD I am of you for taking such good care of Momma when she was sick. She told me often this summer how much help you were to her and it was sweet to hear the fondness in her voice. And you were so strong for her in the end. It was beautiful to see your love for her.
I haven’t just lost my Mother, I’ve lost one of my very best friends.
She was ALWAYS there for me… She was my helper when I went through a very long labor with Holly Elaine and she helped to carry me through so many struggles that we faced with Noah. I couldn’t have done it without her!
Either that or Frank would have had to quit his job!
She was always there just to chat or giggle on the phone or over a visit.
I’m going to miss that SO MUCH.
But I KNOW that I’m going to see my Momma again and already I long for it. But in the meantime I pray that I make her proud and to be as good a wife that she was to my Daddy and as good of a Momma as she was to me!
From 1 Corinthians 15
What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!
For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.
Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled:
“Death has been swallowed up in victory
55 Where, O death, is your victory?
Where O death, where is your sting?”
