Our beloved MaMa passed away early yesterday morning. We rushed down here at midnight, hoping to get here before she entered glory, but missed being here in time. My wife had been able to care for her the last few weekends and had some good talks with her grandmother, but you never know when the last conversation is.
I am thankful for the blessing of marrying into this family. We will surely miss MaMa. She was a cheerful and loving woman. Staying at her house now I can think of a couple lessons she taught me. One was a simple one about respect and responsibility. She keeps a very nice and clean house, and we always knew it wasn't a place to leave clothes around, etc. It was never much of a hassle to keep ourselves picked up, because we knew we were way more important than her home, so it was out of love and respect that we kept it that way. A weird lesson to think about, but I'm just a strange guy.
Another one was dignity and love. She made sure her husband's lasting memories were fond ones, with just little decisions she made. That spoke volumes to me that she would be thinking of others even while she was so sick. I love that about her.
She was an encourager about the Lord and that is a lasting legacy that she leaves with us. I can only imagine what sort of glorious things she's seeing and doing right now.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at November 22, 2007 12:27 PM