today I am remembering the strongest woman I ever knew, she had a heart that loved to serve, she adored her grandbabies (and her kids too of course, but after those grandbabies came i think we were 2nd..haha!) beyond words, a perseverer, she obviously was a powerful prayer warrior for each one of her children, she was a flower that was never given the chance to fully bloom, tenderhearted, sensitive, compassionate.. she was my MOM. sometimes i still wonder why it is that God would choose to take her when she still had so much life yet to live? i still get angry that my babys got ripped off of the true love & adoration of a grandmother like her. its crazy how often you look back over the years & think of all the should haves & shouldn't haves & wonder if the person who is gone knew how much you did love them, knew how sorry you were for the mistakes you made, knew how amazing of a person you think they were. but even through all that I know in my heart with certainty that God did have a plan, that her life was not cut short like my human mind tends to feel sometimes, that through all the pain, longing & sorrow that He promises joy in the morning. and I do see the dawn now! I do see the healing He has begun in all of our lives, the work He started through this death! will we ever truly understand? I don't think so. will we ever not hurt or get angry? at least we have the peace that she is more at peace than ever before, happier than we could possibly understand, more beautiful than ever, & dancing with JOY!!!! and what a promise to know that someday soon I will get to see her again!!! I LOVE YOU MOMMY!
if theres one thing i learned:
-tell people how much you love them
-as hard as it is sometimes, ask forgiveness
-make up as soon as you get angry
-always be encouraging
REMEMBER TODAY IS PRECIOUS & TOMORROW IS NOT PROMISED, SO MAKE THE MOST OF TODAY. GOD BLESS YOU.
3 comments:
Beautiful! Sounds like she was an awesome mom! God be with you~
ah karen...remembering her with you...she was a great woman and mother...she had to of been to have a daughter like you! i love you!
aww im crying as I read this:)She sounds like an amazing mom and from the teeny tiny bit I knew her I could tell she was an awesome woman.
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