Honor Your Mother

Honor Your Mother

Exodus 20:12 - Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

It's almost Mother's Day. What better time to honor the one who brought you into the world, nurtured you, and taught you how to be you.

If your mother is still alive; show her you love her. She would love a card, flowers, or if she has a sweet tooth, maybe a box of candy. At least call her and tell her Happy Mother's Day, and that you love her.

My mother is in Heaven and I can't do any of those things. Do them while you still have your mother. She won't always be here.

I have been thinking about my mother these last couple weeks before Mother's Day. I wrote her a poem and a song. I sang the song in church on Sunday. It is called, "Happy Mother's Day in Heaven".

I would like to share the poem with you.

My Mother Still Lives

My mother still lives
In my heart and my mind.
She's not forgotten.
I think of her much of the time.

She lives in the photographs
That hang on my wall;
And in the remembrances
I kept, after all.

She lives in the perennials
Grown from bulbs from her bed.
And in the sweet memories
That dance in my head.

She lives in the faces
Of all of her kin.
A certain look, or a smile
And the memories creep in.

9 month old Isabella visits the great, great grandparents she never got to meet.

She lives in my words;
For she said them before.
I repeat them from habit,
And she's at the core.

She lives in virtually
All that I do;
In my thoughts, my experiences,
And in my dreams, too.

Someday I'll join her
In her home in the sky.
What a great reunion
In the sweet by and by!

Until then, I'll settle
For reminders, it's true.
But you still live, Dear Mother
For I'm part of you!

Jean Brickley 5/4/17

My mother and me 2012

Happy Mother's Day to all Mothers!

Jeannie