Irma Estella Amador Eulogy December 8, 2014 Today we gather to celebrate a life lived. Today we celebrate my mother Irma Estella Gomez Amador. Never has this family known a more courageous woman. From childhood Irma has shined. Her mother, Lupe was just as stubborn as her but family was her heart starting from an early age. She put family first her whole life starting in Robstown, TX. She always reflected on her childhood with bittersweet tenderness. The pain from the loss of her parents and siblings before her always brought tears to her eyes, but telling and reliving those memories was a favorite past time for her and for all of us as well. We all know that true love is hard to find, but Mom and Dad found it at an early age and made it last for over 40 years. Their marriage is an example to us all. They fought for love everyday through sickness and health and ANYTHING else life threw at them. Together Irma and Juan were fierce. Every marriage has its ups and downs- especially when one of the parties is a Gomez, but Mom and Dad overcame with biblical love, unconditional love. In 1974 they started their family and continued until we were 6 altogether. Raising four children is never easy, still isn’t, however Mom had the heart of a lion and the soul of a warrior. No one messed with her family and lived to tell about it! As a mother she was loving, nurturing, passionate, extraordinary, beautiful, faithful, humorous and just plain “Bad Ass”. Growing up kids would say “I wish I had your mom.” Because she was meant to be a mother and later and even more radiant grandmother. I mean what mom has a slumber party for us and performs “Chinese Fire Drills” in the middle of a main street? She was the life of the party. Her light drew all near and her legacy will do the same. While raising her four children she attended nursing school, not an easy feat. When interviewing for entrance to nursing school, the program director told mom that she wouldn’t be able to manage four children and nursing school. She stood up and told the director that he WOULD NOT TELL HER she couldn’t do something! She left her interview and knew she would not be selected only to receive her letter that she was admitted and later graduated with honors. That was her, unstoppable! She was also a military wife. Giving up her spouse for the country and keeping our family and home well cared for in his stead while Dad fulfilled military obligations. She did so gracefully and supported other military families. When Dad retired she went on the road with him in his semi-truck and traveled in the U.S. In every role and in every way she was the model. Her support knew no bounds. Disease has been a part of Mom’s life from the age of 32 when she was diagnosed with diabetes. As the years went by, illness after illness, set back after set back, complication after complication it began to take a toll on her body. From 2000 to 2010, Mom was hitting even bigger obstacles, still no one saw her as “sick”. She radiated life, no matter how hard it got for her. She endured pain and suffering more than we had ever seen, yet she did so graciously. She did not complain and she walked with her head held high. People only saw her light, NOT her illness. These last five years have been the hardest yet again a phone call to her would be listening ear, a shoulder to cry on, a smiling, loving sigh, but always words to “make it all better”. With the last 5 months being the hardest, she still shined brighter than ever before. To live as Irma lived is to truly live. While we will miss her EVERYDAY, we will celebrate a woman that was a gift to us all, especially to myself and my brothers, sister, Dad and her grandbabies. Goodbye for now sweet Momma, rest in peace and know we will make you proud as you watch over us……………………………………………………………… A Broken Body But NEVER a Broken Spirit
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 03:41:02 +0000
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