IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY MOTHER... DARLEEN
1944 - 1987
THIS IS MY MOTHER...
HER JOURNEY'S JUST BEGUN:
Don't think of her
as gone away...
Her journey's just begun
Life holds so many facets..
This earth is only one,
Just think of her as resting
from the sorrows & the tears
in a place of warmth & comfort
Where there are no days & years.
Think how she must be wishing
That we could know today
how nothing but our sadness
Can really pass away.
And think of her as living
in the hearts of those she touched...
for nothing loved is ever lost
And she was loved so much.
When my wife first asked me if I wanted to do a page on my mother along with her page I thought sure that would be a great thing for me to do, but after the days went by and it was time to actually do the page I got very scared and upset thinking that I would not be able to remember very much about my mother. As I started to reminesce I remembered her as being a kind, loving mother with the most wonderful smile and a great sense of humor. She showed me how to love by the example of her and my fathers love, the way she looked at him and the sparkle in her eyes when she did. When my father was not on exercise they did everything together. The few times that my father had to go on his tours of duty my mother had to raise two sons that I would have to say were less than cooperative with her and a wonderful mother in law, who helped out were ever she could. My mother enjoyed her job and also enjoyed her hobbies such as knitting and she dabbled in raising plants. The best thing that I can remember about my mother is that she was always there if I needed something, no matter what it was, it could be a little thing from just needing a hug to needing her to mend a cut but she was always there to reasure me and guide me between right and wrong, but would always let me make my own decisions. My mother was diagnosed with cancer in 1986 and I had a very hard time dealing with the news but true to her nature she was there telling me that there was nothing to worry about and that everything would be ok. She would go around to different patients that were told that they had cancer and gave up and give them support and encouragement to keep up the fight. My mother was the strongest person that I could ever meet for the fight that she put up against this terrible disease, she fought right up until the last minute and I will always look up to the one and only mother that I could ever have.
I would like to dedicate this page to my wife for encouraging me to do it and to my father for being there for me and for understanding me.
