Happy Mother’s Day everyone!

I hope that you all had a beautiful day with your loved ones.

This is the third year that my siblings and I have been without our mother on Mother’s Day.  I can tell you that there are no words to describe how much we are missing her.  We are missing her voice, her laughter, her talk, her fussing, her cooking, her smile, her physical presence and essence, just everything.  Listen you all, take in everything when you’re with your mother and father because you will miss everything when they are no longer with you on earth.

During the least expected times, you’ll remember moments that seemed insignificant; lessons that were taught; and things about them that you consciously didn’t notice.  I remember when I was in my teens, my mother started taking us with her to look at houses that were for sale.  Some were located in neighborhoods that we were familiar with but most were in affluent neighborhoods.  We’d ask her, “Mama how are you going to be able to get this big beautiful house?”  Her response was always “God will make a way.”  OR “I believe God will make it happen.”  OR  “I’m putting my faith to work.”  She’d ask the realtor questions.  She’d call banks or mortgage companies and ask about how to finance a home.

My mother would share stories with us about how her grandparents were land/property owners and how she knew that she would be one one day as well.  She said every generation should be better than the last.  She talked about the importance of having more than one way to make money.  My mother sold sweet potatoe pies in a small neighborhood store and the larger community store for a while in an effort to bring more money into the household.

By the time I was in my early 30s, my mother had mortgages on three properties and a profitable home day care business.  My mother tried her best to change the trajectory of her life and her children’s lives.  Early on, she knew that the odds were stacked up against us so she taught us about the goodness of our Heavenly Father and how he blesses us no matter how anyone feels about us.  She taught us how to pray.  She taught us to hold our heads up and to walk with confidence especially when we were not feeling so confident because God was with us, in us.  She showed us how to put our Faith to Work so that we could defeat the odds or negative forces and societal limitations.  My mother wasn’t perfect but she was/is a “wonder woman” who loved us.

There is so much more to share as I continue to remember my mother.  I’ll save the rest for later blogs.

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Peace.

Live. Laugh. Love.

Marilyn