To Mom with all my love!
As Mother's Day approaches this weekend, I am overcome with
emotions and thoughts that need to be expressed so to the blog I come. Bear with me - this could run in so many
different directions but I will try to stay focused.
I have lived a good life - I have been blessed beyond measure
to have been born into the family that I was and by the grace of God I am in a
position to give back a little. Let me
explain, my mother married my father right out of high school which ended in
divorce and she soon embarked on a life
long journey of hard work with little education and three children to raise
alone. She worked hard - we did not go
without. She sacrificed so that we could
have what we needed and she spent her entire life just raising us. We moved from place to place and she tried to
make each one a home. About 33 years
ago, together she and I bought her first house.
She succeeded in making that house a home with everything that she had
in her. It served its purpose - she
continue to raise my brothers and me in it, watched after her grandchildren in
it, and cared for many a cats in it. Time
has not been good to the neighborhood or the home and it became obvious that
she would have to leave.
This Mothers Day will find her in her new home - ours. You see, this weekend she will be moving in. For the first time in her adult life, she
will not have to worry about something breaking, having enough money to fix it,
or dealing with loneliness and spending holidays alone. While life will not be perfect for her, it
will be much better than she has ever had.
Mom - thank you for staying the course and raising me! I
can't change that Jesse and Robert are not here but I can promise that I won't
leave (unless the Lord calls me home). Thank you for loving me and giving me the
chance to give back just a little of what you gave. A new chapter starts this Mothers Day!
Welcome
Home! I love you!