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Mama always said that we could be whoever we wanted to be. She was a person
you could really depend on and was a constantly supporting her children no
matter if they wanted to climb the tallest mountain or build the biggest block
tower. She was our rock and that is one lady who will be missed by not only her
children, but everyone. When we were growing up my mother made sure my siblings
and I were always taken care of. She would sacrifice her own happiness for ours.
When we were younger we didn’t understand that, but she was just that type of
giving person. As we grew up we begin to realize that Mama was one of the good
ones. She always said you had to be nice to everyone even if they weren’t nice
to you, because you didn’t know what might be going on in their lives. I could
never understand how she could be so compassionate to people who were not nice
to her. That was just the way Mama was. She cared more for everyone else than
she did for herself.
You can never get as much time with the ones you love as you think you are
owed. We didn't know mama's time with us was short, but we still enjoyed every
second with her. She was just as sweet, supportive, and full of joy as always
right up to the end. Mama was a light in my life as I am sure she was a light in
all of yours. She would give anyone the shirt off her back and go out of her way
to help a friend in need. I remember one time when I was little Mama got a phone
call late at night from a friend that lived on the other side of town. She had
fought with her husband and was really upset. Mama dressed us and went out in
her nightgown with us to go console a friend because Daddy was working that
night. She would always be there for her friends and family.
There are so many memories with my mom that come to mind so it would be next
to impossible for me to pick a favorite. When her time was growing short in
those last few days she spent time with each one of us telling us how much we
had meant in her life. That will go in my memory bank as one of my favorite
times with her. We were lucky to have such a great mother, and even luckier that
we were able to spend so much time with her at the end of her life.
Mama is with us today in our hearts. Words can't express how much she meant
to me and my family. I know she is watching us and is with us in spirit. Let us
remember Mama as the carefree and loving person she was and celebrate the life
of a great woman as we honor her memory today.
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