I heard a song this morning that reminded me of someone special.
She was orphaned at such a young age. She never finished school, but that was common for women of those days. She married her true love with little to nothing to their names. She was ready to be the matriarch of the family just like any lady would want. This lady bore two girls and one boy (At home I should add). She loved her kids with all of her heart. That is the only way she could. She made their clothes because they barely made ends meet with one income. Even without an education, she made sure her kids graduated from high school. Then her kids carried on the love she gave them and married their true loves. She loved her two son-in-laws and one daughter-in-law as if they were her own kids.
Her three kids extended the family by a total of seven more. She expressed the love she had to the new addition by babysitting most of them. If you ask those kids today they would say that it was the best years growing up. As those kids grew, she made sure there were cokes and Popsicles ready when the kids would ask. She made the best tamales and flour tortillas from scratch.
Ovarian Cancer almost took her and her love from her family, but her love and determination kept her going for many more years. Five of those seven kids extended the family with thirteen more. With all these additions, she still had a lot of love to go around to EVERYBODY. Her love also came with prayers for all her family.
After living a good long life, she told her family she loved them. Her family returned the love by saying thanks for everything. Then she physically left her family. Her family says they can still feel her love even though she is no longer here physically.
The song was "Silent Night". The lady of love was my grandmother. "Silent Night" was her favorite Christmas Carol. "Silent Night" didn't mean much to me until my grandmother left us January 2007. Now when I hear it, I can't help but tear up no matter where I am. She was a very special lady to all of us.
As we are currently in the Christmas season, please spend some time with your family. Family is precious and important to have in our lives. If you have things you need to mend with your family, don't let another Christmas go by without telling them Merry Christmas and that you were thinking of them.
3 comments:
what a sweet memory and a good reminder during this holiday season. thanks for challenging your blog readers to celebrate what is truly important in life.
oh, and thanks for all the Big D updates. have you made it to the village yet? :) - lauren
p.s. sorry for the deleted comment - i couldn't live with the typos i had made!
Jon, this blog was amazing and beautiful. Grandma and Grandpa are truly missed...especially during the holiday seasons. Christmas was Grandma's favorite holiday and it was her last holiday spent with her family at her house. That was very important to her. Thank you for this awesome message.
You and Tina are missed. We love you both so much. Glad to hear you're enjoying Dallas.
P.S. And about becoming a Cowboy's fan, it helps that their quarterback is a total hottie. I know that doesn't help you much, but it's made transitioning to a Cowboy's fan pretty easy for me! LOL. Love you cuz! Take care!
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