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I must tell you that your story of your mother was one of the best stories I have read about mothers. I wept reading the love you expressed through your writing and I thank you so much for sharing with me and others here on AFF. I pray that your Mother's Day will be filled with the honor, respect and love that you so richly deserve, sweet sister. Your friend, chosen |
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What a wonderful testimony you have and what a blessing it was to read the goodness of God in your life. Enjoy your husband and those boys. Many blessing to you and your family. |
My Mother is the one who taught me about manners.
My Mother taught never to be a criminal ,I have been in trouble with the police ,see she told me if I ever got trouble with the police and went to jail I'd have to stay there. Also my Mom taught to always taught me to wear matching clothes and look presentable when going before the public. My Mother is still around but she has parkinson's disease. I call her regularly and visit her when I can. |
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Sounds like your mother raised a fine, gentle man with a heart for God. I'll be praying for your momma. Thank you for sharing today. chosen |
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I'm going on a road trip
I have so much enjoyed reading what all of you have shared on this thread. I have read every story and have wept reading about what your mothers have meant to you.
There is something that happens to a person when you face your own mortality. Life seems so much precious to me at this point. For many years, I was estranged from my mother and it was the major source of sadness that blanketed my life. I looked at holidays as nothing but a sad reminder of my loses. I dreaded each and every one for I would spiral into a depression time and time again. Mother's Day in particular was very painful for it only reminded me of my mother's rejection. As a child, being rejected by your mother, I would say is one of the most damaging things that could happen. I had some great women in my life that helped raise me, but they weren't my momma. In late 1990, I moved back to Texas determined to find my momma. She had remarried and didn't have anything to do with her family, which made the search that more difficult. But God was good and faithful to me and after nearly a year of searching for my momma, I found myself face to face with her. It was something I always wanted, but reality brought a different reunion than I had dreamed. There were many hurdles that made it difficult for us, but we persevered and the walls that prevented us from sharing our lives slowly began to crumble. I can't say that we ever got to the point of the mother-son bond that I've witnessed in others, but we were friends and I was her confidant. The cruel twist of fate was the day my mother confirmed to me that she had early onset of dementia. I was there for her and watched as she slowly became just a shell of a person. I remember as the disease progressed that I got so angry with God that after all those years of not having my momma that He would allow this to happen. It was one of the most difficult things to go through...losing my momma once again. I haven't seen my momma in almost two years now. The last time I saw her it broke my heart for there wasn't anytime during that visit that she recognized me. Before during my visits, I always would hold her and talk to her waiting for just that small space in time that I could see the fog lift from her eyes long enough for her to know that her son was loving her. What I want most while I'm living is for my momma to once again know me and to know that I love her. Tomorrow, my momma will turn 67 years old and I plan on driving up to Trinity to see my momma. There is a sense that I may not see my momma again for my health is failing. I know that God can heal me on this earth, but if by chance He doesn't, I need to see her. My desire is to see my momma and for her to see me one more time. Momma never excepted the plan of salvation though I tried many times to win her to Christ. I don't know where my momma will spend eternity, but tomorrow I just want one minute to hear her tell me she loves me. Thank you all for sharing such beautiful reflections and stories about your mothers for it has given me the strength and determination to see my momma again. I can say that I had several good years with my momma and for that I am so thankful. I love you all and appreciate each and every one of you. Enjoy and treasure your mothers this Mother's Day. chosen. |
chosenbyone hang in there ,I feel for you.Thanks for your honesty my friend.
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Chosen, your post made me cry :depressed More than any other, you've touched my heart. I can't even imagine being abandoned by your mother - and for that, I thank the Lord.
Go and hug and hold your mother one more time while you still can. Even if she doesn't recognize you, she will still feel your love wrapping her tight. Give her that gift. I have a feeling that giving her that gift will be the best thing that you could do for you. My prayers will go with you as you travel to Trinity tomorrow. |
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Dear Brother Chosen, Tomorrow as you travel to see your dear Momma I will be praying that God will grant you a special time with her. I know God sees the desires of your heart, so delight thyself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart. Whatsoever you desire, when you pray, believe you receive them and you shall have them. Brother, I believe with all my heart you have made yourself right in the sight of God. This is something we must all do if we have not done so already. God is so merciful and gracious to us because we are His people. He made us and He cares for us. He sees us inside and out. May our wonderful Father give you a day of rememberance with your dear Momma, in Jesus Name!! Also a safe trip to Trinity, Tx and back, in Jesus Name!! Your Mom is my age and I have a son your age!!! So I can relate somewhat!!!LOL!! I pray you and your Mom's spirits and minds will be renewed tomorrow, in Jesus Name!! Blessings, Falla39 |
I have a good Mom who loves me. Mother's Day means good things to me. I love and appreciate my Mom!:heart
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Sis. Falla, you are a woman after God's own heart. You are an encouragement to all mothers everywhere, to have the same sweet and and holy attitude that you do. You are a true example of a Godly woman. May God richly bless you and yours. |
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Thank you for being so open and honest with such intense emotions. That could not have been easy. I pray God's strength and mercy to you for the next little while. |
My mom is my biggest fan, but lemme tell ya, she can set me straight when I'm off track! We have the best time together and I just love being able to spend more time with her. It is so hard to see her suffering from pain in her back, knees and feet. If I could give her anything, it would be to take that pain away from her somehow. She is an amazing Christian...she's not what you would call a "thumper" just lives the Life and folks know to call her when they need someone to pray.
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Our first view of the world is seen through a parent's eyes...I am sorry that your's was one of pain and rejection. It sounds as if there was a time of reconciliation for you and your mother. For this I am happy for you. You never know your mother's past and why she was the way she was, but know this...God has looked out for both of you. God has never rejected either one of you, and God loves you both. Alzheimers & Dementia are very sad diseases, especially for family members. The person with these diseases may not know your name but they do know that you are a person that loves them and even who they know they love deep inside. As you visit your mother...remember the good times and forgive her for the bad times, and look to God, Our Heavenly Father for your affirmation and peace. I know you were sick when I saw you, I wanted so much to make it better for you [the mother's heart in me]. But what I couldn't do...God is doing. Fall into his arms and let him love you like you want/like you need. Rest in His peace this Mother's Day and know that I, along with many others will be thinking of you and saying a prayer for you and your mother. Your post helps me to remember just how much I love my children and grandchildren. They know this ... Love & Peace, Sis. Rhonda |
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To whom much is given shall much be required! I have been given much and if I can just give out what has been given to me, from my Wonderful Lord God, and from wonderful godly parents, and grandmother. There were also other wonderful influences, a great aunt, her daughter and others. Life didn't come easy as they came through the Great Depress- ion, and many other difficulties. But they proved God and He was found faithful!! Let me touch Him, let me touch JESUS, Let me touch Him as He passes by, So that I can reach out and touch others, So that others can live and not die. O, to be His Hand extended, Reaching out to the oppressed, Let me touch Him, let me touch Jesus, So that others can live and be blessed. Blessings, Falla39 |
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Bro. Chosenbyone started this thread a couple of days ago and then left to
take a trip to visit his own mother. I have prayed that God would make this an eventful time for both. God can do what no one else can do. I am looking forward to a good report when he returns!! God bless Mothers everywhere and the children they birthed, in Jesus Name! Blessings, Falla39 |
Reading this thread reminded me of a story that Landy Gardner told me once about his mom.
After the kids were in their beds, his mom would pray for them by the heating/AC vent because she knew that they would hear her prayer in their rooms from their vents. Anyways, she would pray real loud and ask God to take her kids on to glory if they weren't going to live for God. Landy told me he was scared to not live for God for many years, thinking he might die otherwise! ha! Today, his two twin sisters are both lesbians! :eek: |
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I have been trying to get the taste of that last sentence out of my mouth ever since I read it. It didn't taste right somehow. Maybe it just didn't quite mix with the spirit of the thread. I don't mean this to offend but when I saw Berk's response, I realized that was exactly what it tasted like, Blah, BLAH! Just blah!!! Forgive me as this is not intended in anyway to offend! Blessings, Falla39 |
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Sister N., I've been resting today and got up and logged on and saw that you and others had been praying for me and I wanted to thank you. I had intended not to post tonight, for I felt the need to rest, but here I am posting. I just would like to share something that God has placed in my heart this evening. Before, I got out of bed, I thought about the times when I was a child how I would love to hear my grandparents and great uncles and aunts share stories of their lives. They would spend many of their last days on this earth talking about the good times and very often the tragedies that occurred during their life. God revealed to me that when a person finds themselves closer to death than life, He begins to peels back layers of remembering the unique landmarks of that person's journey. Some of those layers are ones that were thought to have been long removed, placed under the blood and forgotten. Those layers could represent lose of loved ones, anger, pain, sorrow or any negative feeling that was experienced earlier in the life of that soul. I have stated and believed that those areas or landmarks of my past were healed and no longer an issue to be ever dealt with again, but He knew what I couldn't see. He removed the sting of those times so that my walk with Him would not be hindered; futhermore, He waited until a time in my life that I could face that pain, not with dread but with an understanding that He wrapped in peace. My heart became full of contentment and the gratitude and thankfulness I have couldn't be measured that my heart felt toward Jesus. He brought clarity and focus to me for I could rest knowing that everything would be taken care of for me. I can only describe the feeling as that of a child being carried by their Father when he sees his child's eyes getting heavy and the footsteps slowing down from the activities of a long day. The Father never wants His child to be left behind, so He will stop to pick up that weary child and carry them the last stretch toward home. His perfect peace and comfort shall be the pillow that one day my head shall rest in death. God bless you, my fellow brothers and sisters. Rejoice in the goodness of our Lord and know that His love is truly unconditional and His yoke is easy. Love, chosen |
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This is so beautiful and I can believe every word you have written for in areas of my own life, He has helped me deal with things of my past and showed me that as a child grows, He matures and realizes so much more. Then that child realizes that God knew all the time he was a child and that as an adult he would never do those things again. God is SO loving and so compassinate. His Word tells us His Mercy is from everlasting to everlasting. and that His Mercy endureth unto all generations. He lets me walk down roads of disappointments. He watches and He knows what's best for me. The more I'm tried, the better He can mold me. Change my life completely to fit His Perfect Will. That's just His way of telling me He loves me. Love beyond all human understanding. So I won't question trials that send me to my knees, That's just His way of telling me He loves me. If I'm successful, walking through this valley. He'll give me strenth to climb the highest hill. ...... Can't remember the rest!! Blessings, Falla39 |
I've been thinking about Mother's Day and what I would write since I first saw this thread.
Mother's Day will definitely take on a new meaning this year as I get to say Happy Mother's Day at least one more time. I know none of us are promised tomorrow, but when I sat with my mom in the doctor's office last August and listened to the doctor say the word cancer, it was too much too soon. I lost my older sister to cancer four years ago, my daddy to cancer just 13 months later - and he had only known he had the disease for six weeks, and as we sat there, praying for the best but fearing the worst, I thought, "Oh no. Please Lord, not again." But God is a great and marvelous God. My mom has gone through her chemo with the strongest drugs because she has inflammatory breast cancer. She just finished her last treatment yesterday and we go to the surgeon Tuesday to find out how the mass looks now and set up surgery. And my mom has handled it all wonderfully. I look at her often and think, who are you and what have you done with my mother? She is negative by nature, but has kept a very upbeat and positive attitude through the whole ordeal. She wants to live and not die. As I said, God has given me at least one more Mother's Day to honor my mom and I for one am thankful. I'm going to go to church with her tomorrow-the Baptist Church that I grew up in, and I am going to be proud to be sitting there with my mother. I love you, Mom. |
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This is a great testimony of the grace and mercy of Almighty God! One reason the oncologist felt my younger sister went through her treatments so well with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma this past 2 years and had a tremendously successful bone marrow transplant, using her own stem cells, was because of her radiant spirit and great attitude. She said she told God when she knew she would have to go through the chemo treatments, etc, "God, if You want me to go through this, I can do it, if You will go with me". She did and HE did and she have done so well. Now back working at a new job, new immume system, new SUV, new lease on life, new outlook, she is able to witness to many. I pray your Mom continues to do well and that she will come out victorious and He will open her understanding to full truth, in Jesus Name!!! Blessings on you both as you sit together tomorrow and enjoy His glory and grace, in Jesus Name!! Blessings, Falla39 |
My mom is a couple thousand miles away from me. We're separated for Mothers Day and I wish I could be there with her tomorrow. It's hard on her having her oldest daughter living on the other side of the country but she understands that the will of God sometimes demands this kind of separation and wants ultimately for her family to be serving God and doing His will. When I think of my mom here are some of the words and thots that come to mind .....
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When we had decided it was the will of God to pack up and move all the way across the country I was grieving at the thought of leaving my children and grandchildren behind. I didn't know how I was going to do that -- to go to a brand new area so far away where I knew hardly a soul and all my family thousands of miles away.
But you see, God had a plan unbeknowns to me! And next thing I knew the church had decided to hire my oldest son as Music Pastor/Youth Pastor and so he's been working with us ever since we came. And what a blessing he is to us all here! I was so thankful to have he and my wonderful daughter in law and my grandchildren to travel along with us all across Canada and move to the Vancouver area. Less than a year later my other son and daughter arrived on the scene meaning that I had all of my kids here! What a blessing! God never ceases to amaze me and He always more than makes up for any sacrifice we make in serving Him. Tomorrow my daughter and son in law and family and grandkids are taking me to a nice restaurant downtown Vancouver. Then we're going to Stanley Park afterward I believe. We'll all have a great time. I was in tears an hour or so ago when I opened an email from my son and the following note........ Hey Mom, I put this song together for you for mother's day. I didn't write it all but did change some things to make it fit. I hope you enjoy it and that you know that I love you very much and really am so thankful that I have you in my life! Happy Mother's Day! Tony Here's the song .... sung and played by him ..... so you can hear it too and cry along with me. :sad *sniff* Click here...... "I Love You Mom" He couldn't have given me any better gift! :) |
In the last year and a half ... I've only scratched the surface in understanding what my Mom has done for me .... My debt is unpayable.
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Amen, Daniel. This short post speaks volumes!! |
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Your Mom looks like someone I have seen in my past. She is lovely. You are no doubt a reflection of your dear Mother. Many times we become much like those we followed. If God did not allow those we are following to go out of sight, we would never learn to follow HIM for ourselves. He wants us to learn to follow Him because when we get to where He is, they will already have been there. Would we lean on Jesus if could lean on our parents and grandparents and others? God sometimes removes our leaning post so we can stand alone with Him. After parents are gone, He will have someone for us to "lean on" until we can stand alone with Him (inside). Sometimes He just moves us away so we can learn, and lets us keep our loved ones longer. May all who come behind us find us faithful! Happy Mother's Day, Sister Felicity. Falla39 |
Thoughts About Mothers…
QUOTATIONS "All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother." -- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) "I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." -- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her." -- George Washington (1732-1799) "There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way." -- Andrew Jackson "Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) "God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." -- Jewish proverb "Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother." -- Lin Yutang "The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." -- Honore' de Balzac (1799-1850) "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." --Author Unknown "In all my efforts to learn to read, my mother shared fully my ambition and sympathized with me and aided me in every way she could. If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother."-- Booker T. Washington "Woman knows what man has long forgotten, that the ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family." -- Clare Boothe Luce |
FUNNIER QUOTES
PAUL REVERE'S MOTHER: "I don't care where you think you have to go, young man. Midnight is past your curfew!" MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY'S MOTHER: "I don't mind you having a garden, Mary, but does it have to be growing under your bed?" MONA LISA'S MOTHER: "After all that money your father and I spent on braces, Mona, that's the biggest smile you can give us?" HUMPTY DUMPTY'S MOTHER: "Humpty, if I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times not to sit on that wall. But would you listen to me? Noooo!" COLUMBUS' MOTHER: "I don't care what you've discovered, Christopher. You still could have written!" BABE RUTH'S MOTHER: "Babe, how many times have I told you to quit playing ball in the house! That's the third broken window this week!" MICHELANGELO'S MOTHER: "Mike, can't you paint on walls like other children? Do you have any idea how hard it is to get that stuff off the ceiling?" NAPOLEON'S MOTHER: "All right, Napoleon. If you aren't hiding your report card inside your jacket, then take your hand out of there and prove it!" CUSTER'S MOTHER: "Now, George, remember what I told you - don't go biting off more than you can chew!" ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S MOTHER: "Again with the stovepipe hat, Abe? Can't youjust wear a baseball cap like the other kids?" BARNEY'S MOTHER: "I realize strained plums are your favorite, Barney, but you're starting to look a little purple." MARY'S MOTHER: "I'm not upset that your lamb followed you to school, Mary,but I would like to know how he got a better grade than you." BATMAN'S MOTHER: "It's a nice car, Bruce, but do you realize how much the insurance is going to be?" GOLDILOCKS' MOTHER: "I've got a bill here for a busted chair from the Bear family. You know anything about this, Goldie?" LITTLE MISS MUFFET'S MOTHER: "Well, all I've got to say is if you don't get off your tuffet and start cleaning your room, there'll be a lot more spiders around here!" ALBERT EINSTEIN'S MOTHER: "But, Albert, it's your senior picture. Can't you do something about your hair? Styling gel, mousse, something...?" GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOTHER: "The next time I catch you throwing money across the Potomac, you can kiss your allowance good-bye!" JONAH'S MOTHER: "That's a nice story, but now tell me where you've really been for the last three days." SUPERMAN'S MOTHER: "Clark, your father and I have discussed it, and we've decided you can have your own telephone line. Now will you quit spending so much time in all those phone booths?" THOMAS EDISON'S MOTHER: "Of course I'm proud that you invented the electric light bulb, Thomas. Now turn off that light and get to bed!" |
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Your son did a great job with his song! |
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You have a great day with your family. You deserve the best! chosen |
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You are a thoughtful son and I pray that the Lord will be with you this day and strenghten you on your journey. chosen |
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He honestly couldn't have given me a better gift. He's always so busy and bit of a perfectionist so the fact he would take time to do this for me means so much. I think he just recorded that at home on a keyboard he has there. He'd have a fit probably if he knew I'd posted that link on a forum. LOL. He'll never know. ;) :) He also sent me this beautiful Ecard. *sniff* |
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All the tears and beautiful thoughts and this is what my daughter sent me. Be sure to click on the flowers on each side.
http://www.hallmark.com/ECardWeb/ECV...9Y&product_id= |
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