What Kind of Mother Do/Did You Have?
 

My Mom was 42 years old when I was born (my Dad was 54, second time for both of them) and I was her BABY to her dying day.

In her later years I was her Pastor, she was never out of her place or never expected any preferential treatment, but she also never let me forget that I was her BABY BOY.

Oh such praying she could do and the sweetest spirit.

My Dad said that she was everything that he ever wanted in a wife and she was every thing I ever wanted in a Mom.

Mom was a Christian that believed in living for God 24/7.

I miss her.

Wish she was here I would buy her a corsage and give her my biggest hug and tell her Happy Mother's Day, MOM!

I was diagnosed ADHD/dyslexic in the third grade. back then they didnt call it ADHD, they called it hyperactive (ha!). Not a soul on the planet disagreed with the hyperactive part!

I pretty much failed my way thru kindergarden/first grade/second grade. But when I got to third grade, I had this old wise teacher that told mom and dad that I needed some help.

the jist of it was, I went on ritalin and got to go to "special classes" boy that was fun. Anyway mom decided that I would only take the medicine during school time even though the doctor told her it would calm me down and make her life easier 24/7. She felt my health was more important.

This also meant that by the time I got home from school, the drud had worn off and homework had to be done with no ritalin. Mom figured out my attention span was about 15 minutes. So every single day for 2 years she sat with me to do my homework. 15 minutes of work, then outside to play for 15 minutes, then repeat until homework was done.

we did this for all of the 3rd grade and 4th grade. By the last 6 weeks of 3rd grade, I was on the honor roll, and had gone from the bottom reading group (1st grade level) to the top reading group (5th grade level). I remained on the honor roll (most of the time) until I graduated highschool

By the end of the fourth grade, my mom and I had worked out how to train me to study and by the fith grade I was on my own. I got off the ritalin in the second six weeks of 5th grade, and never looked back.

If it werent for my mom, I would have been in serious trouble. I know guys that I grew up with who had the same issues I did, and by highschool they were real trouble makers, hooked on drugs and ended in jail.

Mom saved me.

Wow Ferd. You have just described my 8 yr old son. The principal and guidance counselor demanded he be medicated or put into special education because he was "too hyper" for the regular classroom teacher to handle. His teacher in 1st grade told me he was testing way above his grade level and was showing out because he already knew what they were trying to teach him. I'm homeschooling him. I hope that he will have kind words to say about me when he's grown.

What a beautiful "Mom" testimony.

Thanks for sharing.

Its the friday before mothers day and moms arent getting much attention today.

I have a great Mom. Very loving and there if I need her. :thumbsup

My wife is a great mom too. this last year I havent been near enough help to her and i cannot even begin to explain all she has done to keep our family going. my back has had me down for a long time it seems and if she were not so strong, i dont know how we would have made it.

Moms have a strenth that no one else in the world can match.

My Mom is a wonderful person...

But I don't have a close relationship with her...

Couldn't tell you why...

I have started to reply with comments about my mom THREE times. Each time, I have gotten a long post and lost it before I could submit it to the forum. I give up. Going to write it into a word document to copy and paste later when it's finished.

I love my mom, but she had lots of problems when I was growing up and still hasn't gotten over some of them. She married young and had seven children within 12 years. My father spent weeks away as a long distance truck driver to support the family. So he wasn't around to help with discipline or support.
Feeling she lost her youth, my mom started drinking with friends and became an adulterer and alcoholic and had a nervous breakdown. An unpleasant divorce followed when I was a teen.


She was there for me as an adult when I was going through some rough times. She really is a nice person and funny but not saved. She tells me she now has a relationship with God in her own way.

She's flying up for a visit from Florida the middle of June. Please pray God will open her heart go to church with me. Last time she was here I was able to share with her how God saved me.

What Kind of Mother Do/Did You Have?
 

Bro. Old Paths,

How sweet! I had one of those too! Invaluable indeed! You can

read about mine on the "What Does Mother's Day Mean To You".

It's on page 2, but I have a feeling it will come to the front page

when Bro. Chosenbyone gets home from visiting his dear Mom today.

Precious Memories, how they linger!!

Blessings,

Falla39

What Kind of Mother Do/Did You Have?
 

Oh, Bro. Ferd, you noticed it too!! I noticed earlier today

the "What Mother's Day Means To Me" thread was quickly

going off of the front page and continues to go farther away.

Just wonder if that might be one of the problems of today.

Many mothers have seemingly lost that special place in the

heart of our families, our children and our nation. I guess we

will see what happens Father's Day. One of the ten command-

ments commands us to "Honour thy Father and thy Mother that

thy days may be long upon the earth .." I personally know that

there is not the love and respect in many cases of parents. But

love and respect cannot be forced, it must be earned. So if

the children do not show love and respect for their parents, it is

not the children's fault altogether, but it could just be the parents

fault. There is a reason we are told to train up our children in the

way they should go and when they are old, they will not depart from

that training. After they mature, they know why they were taught

what they were taught. It was Biblical principal.

I am not pointing a finger at anyone. Just speaking in general. We

do have some serious problems in America and we had better start

investigating why and what the problem is. If your plumbing in out of

order, eventually it will back up on you. Then it gets to smelling. So

it is better to get what's out of order straightened out before the floods

come. It's better to wade in a little water than to try to swim in sewage

up to our necks!!!

Blessings on all the mothers everywhere and may God give us wisdom to

see and do what needs to be done, in Jesus Name!! Maybe we need to get

down on our knees so we can see the problems better!!!

Falla39

wise words sister falla.

While I had a wonder Mom and a Christian home my wife is another story.

Her Mom and Dad would fight, scream, throw things at each other while the kids sat in dark rooms scared out of their minds.

After their divorce, my wife as a 12 year old stayed a while with her Dad and brothers, but that didn't work out and her older sister that had married early to get out of the home came and got her.

For the next few years she was shifted between her sister and her mother.

Her salvation came when her sister attended a little home mission Apostolic church and my wife was baptized in Jesus Name and received the Holy Ghost".

After we married and our first daughter was born Sis. Old Paths told me that "everything I lacked and wanted in a mother I am going to give my child.

Over 40 years later tonight I am babysitting while my oldest and youngest daughter attend a Mothers and Daughters banquet to honor theie Mom.

Tomorrow my other two daughter are coming and along with the two that are already here are gong to take their Mom out for lunch.

They said I could come along. :D

Not only have I had a wonderful Mother, but the Mother of my girls is an AWESOME Mom.

What Kind of Mother Do/Did You Have
 

Bro. Old Paths,

What a wonderful testimony of God's grace and mercy.

Seems so many times God will link two people from two totally different

backgrounds and entirely change the next generation and generations

to come. But it is always when they come to God in Spirit and in Truth!

I have seen it happen many times in our extended family. God is great

and greatly to be praised. I could write a book. Perhaps one day I will.

Blessings,

Falla39

My mother is not a Oneness Pentecostal ,but she always made sure I had clean clothes and food to eat.If I was sick she took care of me and she made sure I did my homework ,I was in a LD class but I never failed any grade of school.
My parents divorced after 17. yrs old of marriage I went with my Dad. and my Sister went with my Mother.
My mother was a good mother.

Excellent post.

I've been trying to decide what you write about my mom. I will submit mine tomorrow.

What Kind of Mother Do/Did You Have?
 

Sis. Tamor,

How IS your Mom doing! Is she over her treatments!

Did you read my post on the "What Mother's Day Means

To Me" thread! There is a picture of my late Mother there also.

I pray you have a great Mother's Day. You do have a

child or children, don't you! There are so many on the

forum sometimes I forget who has children and who doesn't.

I love mothers and children. Would be a sad world without

them!!

Blessings,

Falla39

Thank you so much for asking! She actually had her last chemo treatment TODAY. Finished just in time for Mother's Day. We go see her surgeon Tuesday for her follow up appointment and find out how much more it has shrunk and if he still wants to do surgery. I will post an update when we find out so everyone can be praying for her.

And yes, I do have four children - a blended family ranging from 22 to 16, and an awesome two year old grandson!!

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Bro. Scott,

Someone sure did something right! You are one of the kindest, most

considerate, humble gentlemen I have witnessed! God certainly has

had His Hand upon your life. That proves He cares for you, but He

also cared for your mother and father also. What they could not do,

He allowed your grandmother and others to "Help". God will fill the

gaps with others for those not able or capable of caring for His little

lambs!! Isn't He SO WONDERFUL!!! He smiled upon your family by

bringing you to the truth. Those two little daughters are blessed!

Bro. Scott, May the LORD JESUS bless you, and your sweet wife and

children, in Jesus Name!!!

Blessings,

Falla39

Yes God has been kind to me ,more than I deserve.
Speaking of grandmothers my Grandmother ANNALEE Hutchinson was totaly devoted to my Grandfather Ray Hutchinson who died with Emphysema, he was on a breathing machine but my Grandmother cared about her husband ,She died with cancer but she was a devoted woman.
My grandmother believed in old fashioned country cooking she could cook ,and I miss her cooking.

What Kind of Mother Do/Did You Have?
 

Sis. Tamor,

That is wonderful and God may continue to bring your Mom through to

total victory over this disease, in Jesus Name! He IS able to do any and

everything. Nothing is impossible with God!

I thought I remembered you having children. I suspect that little two yr.

old is a much loved little guy. We have a two yr. old grandson who is so

cute right now. May you have a great Mother's Day, in Jesus Name!!

Blessings,

Falla39

Ashton is rotten!! He gets it from every direction! But oh, ain't it grand?

Thank you very much for the continued prayer and for the Mother's Day blessing. Happy Mother's Day to you too!!

We need more Moms home with their children and less drugs. Thanks for sharing Ferd, your Mom is to be honored, as you are doing.

My mother is a woman who is, what I would consider, a prayer warrior. A woman who loves her family. I am very thankful for the prayers my mother has prayed for me. There are very important people that have come into my life that are the direct result of my mother's prayers. Her prayers have allowed situations to happen to me to make me better, have stopped situations from coming against me, and prayed for protection over me. I am very thankful for the prayers of my mother.

I am also thankful that my mom has lived a Godly influence for us to look upon. She has lead by example. My mom is a caring individual who is an individual of great worth.

I am blessed that God gave me my mom.

What Kind of Mother Do/Did You Have
 

Sis. Tamor,

They are SO grand. Someone asked me one time if I thought the

grandchildren were better than having children. I replied that No,

not better, different, but both beloved in their own place!!

I pray that before next Mother's Day, your Mom will be done with

the cancer thing and all will be well, in Jesus Name! And that she will

be filled with the Spirit of the Living God and singing His praises, in

Jesus Name!!

Blessings,

Falla39

What Kind of Mother Do/Did You Have?
 

Bro. SoCaliUPC,

What a beautiful tribute to your dear Mother! I know if she reads your

post she will probably almost burst with pride (thankfulness) for her

son. You are blessed to have such a caring and loving mother who is a

praying mother!!!

Blessings,

Falla39

Believe me...time and time again, I am very thankful for the prayers of my mother.

I have always had a great relationship with my mom. I believe that God blessed me with the best mother in the world.

I was raised in an apostolic church from the time I was 5 years old. She has lived the life before me, and been a wonderful Christian example to me. I haven't always been what I should be, but Mom was always there to support me-- and to pray for me until I was back where I needed to be.

I want to be more like my Mom.

I could tell you all kinds of stories about when I was a kid, and different things that my mom did, times that I know she went without things for herself so that all her children could have something special. Lots of us could tell those kinds of things about our moms.

There's one thing that really sticks out in my mind as the most unselfish thing that my mother ever did for her children.

On the day before my brother's wedding-- the entire family had gone to stay overnight in Nashville to be there for the wedding rehearsal. Before we left for Nashville, my mom's mother had been put in the hospital with an infection- at the time they weren't sure what was going on, but they had put her on IV antibiotics. My mom's sister was keeping her updated on Grandmother's condition by cell phone.

After the wedding rehearsal and we'd all gone back to our motel rooms-- my mother received a call from her sister, saying that Grandmother had slipped into a coma. Mom called each of our motel rooms and asked us to pray.

The next morning, we all got ready--went out to breakfast and went over to the church for the wedding. When the wedding was over and my brother and his wife left the church-- the rest of the family left and came back to bring a bunch of wedding gifts back to the house where my brother and his wife were going to live. When we got everything unloaded and put into the house-- my mother just sat down on the couch and put her face in her hands. I knew what had happened.. It was then that I first found out that her mother had died that morning-- just minutes before the wedding started Mom had received the call.

I don't know how my mom held it together that day-- I'm sure that God comforted her more than we ever could have anyway. I know I would have been falling apart, but Mom didn't. She kept that phone call to herself until all the day's festivities were over and we were all back at home. I asked her why she didn't let some of us know sooner, so that we could be there for her. She said she didn't want my brother and his wife to have such news to put a damper on their wedding day. In fact, they didn't even tell my brother that grandmother had died until he returned from his honeymoon a couple of days later.

What Kind of Mother Do/Did You Have?
 

I am waiting for our dear brother Thad to give us a statement about his

precious mother. I admire him as he lives with and takes care of his mother

who is way up in age. She is in her eighties if I remember correctly. He is

blessed to still have his Mom and I know God sees this caring son and well

approves as He is big on "Honoring your Father and Mother". He told us in

His Word. In fact He commands it to be done. Not as a burden but to do it

as unto the LORD.

Bless you, Bro. Thad and also your sweet mother, in Jesus Name!!

Falla39

What Kind of Mother Do/Did You Have?
 

Sis. Tina,

What a perfect example of a mother's love. She will put herself on hold

many times in the interest of her children. She was hurting but she chose

to keep her hurt inside until those newlyweds could get away. What a

wonderful story of a mother's love in a time of crisis.

Blessings on you and your dear mother!!

Falla39

Tina,

I cried as I read your story. That is such a beautiful example of a mother's unselfish love.

Thanks for sharing this with us.

My mom is faithful and strong. I never realized she was a strong person when I was young. But when I was older and saw her go through hard trials and never lose her faith in God, I knew she was much more solid than I had ever given her credit for. Hers is a quiet, but unflinching faith.:thumbsup

My Sweet Mother married late in life (for the 1950's) she was 34 and married a UPC Minister. Less than a year later and before I was born my Dad decided to leave God, my Mom and me and he never looked back. My mother was both a Mom and a Dad to me. She could have been bitter but she was not. She was a great prayer warrior and when ever anyone would call and need prayer she would IMMEDIATELY put aside what ever she was doing and go to prayer. She loved me and called me her baby until the day she passed. In the last few weeks of her life a stroke had taken her voice, but when ever my husband would sing hymns to her or read the bible she would raise her little arm and worship God! She loved me unconditionally even when for a time I walked away from the Lord, she never was harsh she just prayed all the harder for me until I came back home to the Lord. This is my third mother's day without her, and I miss her terribly. I plan on meeting her in front of the Throne one day !!! I strive to be a good mother like she was but above all to love the Lord and serve him the way she showed me by example. I love you Mommy !! (were spanish and we call our parents Mommy and Daddy even when were old :nod )

What a great testimony! Muchas gracias! (Was that right - it's all I know!)

De nada. You did good :thumbsup

Oh yeah, de nada! I remember that from the Mexican restaurant. LOL! I am going on a missions trip to Costa Rica in September; I need to learn enough to get by. Good thing my daughter is going as interpreter; she is totally fluent since she spent a year there.

Just remember the ever important...

Donde esta el bano?

Ooh,ooh, I'm remembering. Where is the bathroom? I actually had Spanish for one year in 3rd grade! Don't even ask how long ago that is. They may have changed the language by now.

Hey, did Tiffany pay her deposit?