"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." ~ Tenneva Jordan
I'd like to pause here and take a minute to remember my mother on her birthday. She would have been 82 today.
Mother's are special, of course. They introduce us to the world and help us find our footing and get on our way. For that reason I owe my mom a huge debt.
But she never asked for much in return. She was not a complainer, despite very severe health problems. I often felt sorry for her. She had really bad complications from a heart damaged by scarlet fever as a child. She was often very tired. She had flutters and skips in her heart rate that made her dizzy. She had cancer, two open heart operations, and a slew of other issues. Yet she trudged on.
No, it was not trudging, it was happier than that. At least it was for me. I'm not sure how she handled it all.
When I think of how much work it is to raise two children, I am an awe of my mother who raised six.
When I see how crowded our 1,300 square foot house is with our small family, I try to remember that my mother raised her six kids in only 900.
She didn't have a bicycle of her own until she was 48. She was a registered nurse, but left her job to raise kids. There is nothing that she wouldn't and didn't give up for her children.
I wish she was still here so I could pamper her a little. She would be uncomfortable with that, I know. After her first open heart surgery she was pretty helpless for a while and I could tell it was hard on her to be the receiver of care and not the giver.
Happy Birthday Mom
3 comments:
Happy Birthday to your mom, a woman I wish I had known better.
She was beautiful and do you know what? The second I saw that picture I saw how Mary looks exactly like her!
I always liked your mom. Though I didn't know her well, I always knew that she was a warm, nice person.
--Alisa
I liked that story of your mom. i wonder about so many people (me included) who complain/stress about little things and raising 1 or 2 kids and look at our parents. Although I guess back then there weren't 2 working parents like there are so many now. I'm sure if Kathleen were still here, she would be helping as much as my mom does. My mom often says, " Brian's mom would have loved that little guy". I remember your mom. I loved when she laughed so hard.
-Carol
Happy birthday to the woman who brought the man I love into this world! What a great woman she was, wish I could have met her!
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