Jim.
I lost my mom in October of 2009 and I still miss her.
If I had to point out the greatest lesson she ever taught me it would have to be unconditional love.
With 12 kids we did the cooking and cleaned the kitchen but she did the laundry and the shopping. She let us test ourselves and helped when we took the inevitable nose dive. No matter how much she disliked what we did she always loved us - even enough to force us to take responsibility for what we did. She taught me more just by living than anyone else in my life.I was very luck to spend most of the last year with her. I never felt the need to grieve for her because she was so much a part of my life. I do miss her cold hands up the back of my shirt! It always felt good and she got to warm her hands and cool my back.
I lost my mom in October of 2009 and I still miss her.
If I had to point out the greatest lesson she ever taught me it would have to be unconditional love.
With 12 kids we did the cooking and cleaned the kitchen but she did the laundry and the shopping. She let us test ourselves and helped when we took the inevitable nose dive. No matter how much she disliked what we did she always loved us - even enough to force us to take responsibility for what we did. She taught me more just by living than anyone else in my life.I was very luck to spend most of the last year with her. I never felt the need to grieve for her because she was so much a part of my life. I do miss her cold hands up the back of my shirt! It always felt good and she got to warm her hands and cool my back.