My Moms memorial service was very emotional today but also very beautiful, I would like to thank all those who attended, but also understand that those who couldnt were there w/ us in spirit. Pastor Hissong did a wonderful job & I would like to thank my cousin Wendy Greiner for the video slideshow she did everyone enjoyed it very much, I finally watched it w/o breaking down, it was awesome a beautiful tribute to Mom. I even had the courage to read a tribute I wrote to my Mom which I would like to put on here for my family & friends who could not attend: I NOT ONLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY MOM TODAY BUT MY BEST FRIEND. MY MOM WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE NO MATTER WHAT, IF IT WAS A PLACE TO STAY, A CAR TO BORROW, OR HER LAST DOLLAR IT WAS YOURS. SOMETIMES SHE WOULD EVEN LEND DAD OUT, YOU NEED HELP MOVING, YOU NEED WITH THIS OR THAT FIXED, OH SURE BUTCH WILL DO IT & DAD WOULD, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES W/ A LITTLE UNDER THE BREATH GRUMBLING. SHE LOVED TO TAKE PEOPLE IN B/C MOM LIKED HAVING PEOPLE AROUND, SHE WAS A NURTURER. SHE ALWAYS WANTED MORE KIDS BUT HAD ONLY ME, WHICH WAS A GOOD THING B/C I WAS A HANDFUL & WHEN I WAS YOUNGER ALL YOU HEARD AT OUR HOUSE WAS AUNT KITTY, AUNT KITTY B/C ALL MY COUSINS LOVED COMING TO OUR HOUSE. THEY ALSO CAME FOR HER FOOD, MY MOM COULD COOK ANYTHING, LOOK AT ME & DAD WERE PROOF OF THAT. SHE TRIED TO TEACH ME, BUT I COULDNT GET THE HANG OF IT, I THINK B/C IM LEFT HANDED, SO SHE PASSED ON SOME OF HER SKILL TO MY BEST FRIEND WHO SHE LOVED LIKE HER OWN, TRUDI, & SHE TURNED INTO A REGULAR PAULA DEEN. I ALWAYS HOPED TO HAVE WHAT MY PARENTS HAD, EVERYONE SHOULD BE THAT LUCKY. THEY MET WHEN SHE WAS 14 & HE WAS 17 & HAVE BEEN TOGETHER EVER SINCE. 53 YEARS, MOST COUPLES TODAY ARE LUCKY IF THEY MAKE IT 53 WEEKS. BUT THEYVE BEEN THROUGH MANY TRIALS TOGETHER MY SONS & I LIVING W/ THEM, MOMS HEART SURGERIES, DADS JOB CHANGES, OUR HOUSE FIRE, DADS CANCER SCARE & THE LAST YEAR MOMS DECLINING HEALTH. BUT THEY SURVIVED IT ALL B/C OF THE LOVE THEY HAD FOR EACH OTHER. AND OUT OF THAT LOVE CAME ME, MY SONS DEVON & ALEX. DEVONS SONS, COLTON, TRAYLIN, TAYLOR & ABEL & ALEXS SONS KADEN & A.J. AND IF MOM WAS PROUD OF ONE THING NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID OR HOW BAD IT WAS , SHE WAS PROUD OF ALL OF HER BOYS. SO ID JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY TO HONOR MY BEAUTIFUL, GENEROUS MOM. NO MATTER HOW YOU KNEW HER IM SURE SHE HAD A PLACE IN HER HEART FOR YOU B/C SHE LOVED EVERYONE. THANK YOU.+
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 05:41:17 +0000