While she lived here on Earth, she showed what love really was. My mother didn't do anything spectacular that you would have ever read about or heard about on the news. She was not a wealthy woman (at least not by material means). She was not a perfect woman either, but this is what made her special. She taught me you can rise above mistakes, and you can do anything you set your mind to doing. She never placed importance on material things because she said you can lose them and besides you couldn't take it with you. Material things were to enjoy, but not to be placed as important. The best things in life were free. She loved to meet people, see new things, try different things, and to just "live". It use to be a joke with my kids whenever we would go somewhere with her because none of us could keep up with her. We would sit and rest and she would always say resting and sleeping were for the dead and she would have plenty of time for that when she was dead but for now she was going to see what there was to see and do what she could.

The greatest lesson my mother taught me was during her final months on Earth. She had such strength and she showed so much love for everyone around her. She worried about all those she was leaving behind and she made most of her arrangements herself as she knew how difficult it would be on all of us. She would tell us that "This is my final journey and I am going to do it my way." She wasn't afraid of death as she said she had nothing to fear. There were still things in her life she would have liked to have done and seen, but she had no regrets. She told me "I have made mistakes in my life, but as long as I learned from them and did the best I could, I have no regrets". I don't think my mother ever knew how much she touched others and in very small ways that meant so much to them. I can remember alot of holidays, where she would leave right after dinner so she could work at TTDY place so that the hearing impaired could speak to their family. She worried about her co-workers and she would "mother" them. At the funeral, they said they would really miss how she would remind them to button up, or take an umbrella. So many people relayed different acts of kindness that although seemed small and effortless, it meant alot to them. So I would have to say that the most important thing she taught me was the importance of a simple smile, gesture, or act could make a difference to others. This is why she was an Earth Angel to me.

You can read more about my mom in "Journey Home".

 

 

 
 

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