Still With Us

Still With Us

It’s been three years today since my Mom passed away. In moments it seems like really quite a while ago; at other times it feels like just moments ago. Every once in a while our family will have something exciting happen and for a fleeting moment I will think I should call ‘Mother’ and let her know…kind of funny isn’t it.
There are a lot of things that come to mind about my Mom. The way you could hear her laugh from anywhere. Card games…she loved to play canasta and pitch…she was even our poker partner when we were in high school and college up to all hours of the night with the boys. I think about her singing next to me in church…the way she prayed; the way she was at ‘every’ activity that I was a part of; her love of the St. Louis Cardinals. But above all else; and I’ve said it before; My Mom was one of the great ‘huggers’. What I’d give for one of those right now.
I know all of you have losses you are forced to deal with and find ways to move forward. It sure is nice to look back; embrace and celebrate those who mean so much to our lives.

Hopefully you’ll also embrace and celebrate those still with you that mean so much in your lives right now.