HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Good Morning.

What a day to celebrate.

You wouldn't be here without a Mother.

SO everyone gets to celebrate this DAY.

Pig asked and don't you need a Dad too?

Stop it Pig.

You funny Pig.

You are right of course, but Dads Day or Fathers Day is next Month.

Today is MOTHER'S DAY.

We are talking about Mothers and what they mean to us.

First I think of the Most famous Mother of all.

Luke 1:42

This verse is where Mary is Praised as being the Most blessed among

All woman.

She was with child.

The Son of GOD. And you will call HIS name JESUS.

Mathew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a SON , and thou will call HIS NAME JESUS:

FOR HE SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS."

This verse is part of the genealogy of JESUS and Prophecy that HE WILL FORFILL THE ROLE AS SAVIOR.

THE MESSIAH.

So, Mary is a Mother of all MOMs because she was chosen by GOD THE FATHER of all the woman on earth to be strong enough in all areas in her life to raise HIS SON.

GOD chose JOSEPH too.

Devoted husband and Father to be raised in the culture and Reference all his life and devotion to GOD to share with the child of GOD.

THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS CREATED.

Thank You Mary.

I thought about this a long time.

That would really be a SCARY JOB. I appreciate you and what you did for us all.

To be trusted with the one who made you and the world.

The same for Joseph.

I will talk more on that on Fathers Day.

The Movie to watch is called THE NATIVITY amazing job in giving the prospective and the pressures they went through as a Young couple and the way others treated them others.

not knowing they were raising the child to become the GOD MAN who would save them all,

THE MESSIAH.

You can search the Scriptures to back the attitudes then with the people.

It was tough for them both.

So Blessesd be Mary who raised MY LORD and MY SAVIOR.

Mary says that herself needing a Savior.

LUKE 1:46-55

GOD was with them just as

HE IS WITH US.

AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.

It is a hard day for some. It is for me even though Pig I know you are with me.

GOD is with me to comfort me.

I do look at you Pig and you make me laugh.

But Nothing takes the place of your Mother.

I know there are all kinds of circumstances when I say this.

I know Mother is more than a TITLE.

It is constant gving of oneself and teaching the children and making sure all their needs are met.

Balancing it all including making the house a home and working to add more income to the household.

It is hard being a MOTHER.

You don't quite realize all that a Mother is until she is GONE.

You are BLESSED if you can give thanks and appreciation her now as she is still with you.

BUT AFTER SHE IS GONE.

SHE IS GONE.

You wished you could of said the things you always wanted to tell her.

Write her a letter.

Or make that call.

Stopped by and say, Hello.

If she is still here it is not to late.

To begin now.

Pig asked what can you do? Pig asked.

Well one thing I didn't let many days go by before I talked or saw my Mother.

So we were fine knowing what was going on in each others life and we would exchanged hugs or I love you on the phone.

Always staying close to my Mother.

But she did teach me to find someone else like a Mother or Grandmother to be with you if she wasn't there.

Visit them and give comfort and let them know they are special.

That you appreciate spending time with them sharing your heart and listening to their wisdom.

Pig thats what we could do.

Sharing Love wherever we go.

Pig said, That is what we are suppose to do to be kind to one another?

Yes, Pig thats it.

MOTHERS DAY IS A DAY TO CARE.

WE ALL HAD MOTHERS.

WHETHER WE ARE A MOTHER OR NOT IT DOESN'T STOP LOVING ONE ANOTHER.

GOD SAYS JUST LOVE OTHERS AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.

JOHN 13:34

A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU.

THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER ;AS I HAVE LOVED YOU,

THAT YOU ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

Pig said, Thats a lot of LOVE.

I know Pig.

So for today let us HONOR OUR MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS

EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT YOURS.

BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS WHEN YOU SEE A NEED.

THIS WILL BE VERY CONTAGIOUS IN A GOOD WAY IF WE ALL DID IT.

I LOVE IT Pig said.

Me too I said.

Tell me the stories of your Mother, Pig said.

Wow, Pig.

There are so many.

Mother always made us feel special. She listened to all our ideas.

Mother would read us stories separately so we had are own story to make us feel special at night before bed.

Mother taught us to draw and paint and sing and with me the Piano.

My sister learned to sew.

Mother wanted us to dream and work towards obtaining it.

Never say can't.

TRY and then TRY again.

Then if that is not your gifting discover a new dream.

NEVER stop trying and ALWAYS move forward.

Mother always encouraged us.

Mother was quite entertaining teaching us to stand on our head do cartwheels and tap dance and ballet and jazz lesson and hula lessons.

She even help me costume my class for a school play we reherse once and everyone loved it.

Mother was beautiful, loved channel number 5 perfume wore big hats and wide belts and high heel shoes.

She loved Leopard accents of clothing like purses and belts and hats.

Mother was very fashionable and loved clothes and loved to feel pretty.

Mother had brown hair olive skin and blue eyes and had a fabulous smile that always had lipstick on them.

Mother wore aprons and heels to serve dinner,

Mother was always dressed when Dad came home with red lips and hair done.

The house was clean and in order.

Mother loved to read and play Piano and sing and draw and write.

Her favorite song on the piano that she played was Deep purple.

Mother loved to talk a lot and really fast and have debates and we became quite rehersed in talking.

Mother gave us the gift of gab.

What is that? Pig asked.

That means the gift to talk about anything and ask questions to learn more. it is a fun game and very rewarding.

Mother made most chores into a game so we could go outside to play faster.

We went to the movies almost ever weekend with double features at only 50c each.

Mother would prepare our purses witha sandwich or a hamburger and candy.

Then money enough to buy one soda and one popcorn each.

We were set for about almost 4 hours.

Time for Mother to shop and relax knowing we were having a wonderful time.

Sometimes on Fridays or Saturdays we would go to THE SAHARA HOTEL in Las Vegas where we lived at the time.

Mother would order two banana splits three waters and then wait for us to say ok, to Mother.

This is to big to eat.

I want you to imagine Pig what a real Banana split is.

Are you ready Pig?

Yes she nodded. I began having her see it in her mind as I decribed the desert.

Now see this, that you have a long glass dish presented to you,

With one large scoop of real vanilla ice cream.

Then you have one large scoop of real strawberry ice cream.

Then you have another scoop of real rich chocolate ice cream.

On the vanilla scoop you have real chunks of pinapple.

On the srtawberry scoop you have real strawberries.

On the chocolate you have real hot fudge sauce.

On each scoop you have real whip cream and I mean the kind you make in a bowl not out of a can.

On each scoop you have one machino cherry to top of the whip cream piled up high on your desert.

Not to mention the Pecan halves decorated all over your desert too.

So, that is why Mother would only order two.

It was a Special there and I don't think they were more than a dollar each.

Wow, Pig said I wish I could of been there.

Me too Pig as we both smiled.

We had an opportunity to swim in every pool on the strip which means a row of Hotels.

Aunt Margaret was the supervisor of Caesars Palace Hotel and My Granny was a professional Babysitter there.

As She babysit us too.

Granny was the only one that could, we were very adventurous childeren.

Another story on that one.

Mother put us in talent shows and had us on TV kid game shows.

Mother put me on the stage at our school that was set up for President Nixon and Spiro Agnew Campaign and had me sing on stage.

Mother was bold and expected us to step and be bold too.

So there are lots of stories of Mother.

Her struggles and how she over came them and After Dad dying and JimmyHoffa with the teamsters union taking the widows pension fund for himself leaving us with nothing as well as others too.

No one has found him yet. Only GOD knows.

Mother was always trying to find love and find GOD.

She always wanted to be a good Mother.

To us she was always.

The good news is that as we were all with her by her side and having her live with us when she became unable to live on her own.

All her children loved her and she knew it.

When she fell into a coma I would go read to her about the one true GOD that made us all.

Out of a comma she woke up and said, Yes to JESUS to come into her heart as LORD and SAVIOR.

She had reapeated The Sinners Prayer with me, so many times but today was different.

She said, Yes to JESUS. I said IN JESUS NAME

YES ,she said, and went back to sleep.

The room was different now and a voice in my head and heart said,

"You have just witnessed a MIRACLE."

My Mother was tense before but her appearance was so relaxed.

The room felt like I was in church.

Within days they moved her to another unit a hospice unit closer to where I lived in San Jose.

We would all talk to her as if she could hear us because now we realized she really could.

My son started talking, saying " if I had a million dollars Grandma I would get you a Pecan Pie." Her favorite.

She woke up and just as clear and without a sluring in her mouth that had been damage through surgery.

She sat up all by herself and said, as she looked at me.

"I am ok and I am alright."

She smiled at me and then layed herself down and went back to sleep.

I knocked my son off the little step stool he was fine but I asked her to come back.

No that was it.

My Mother said her last words.

I knew she was Ok and she was alright she had just said so.

I leaned over and kissed her good bye.

Then my Son only 5 and then my daughter 11 all in tears.

We wiped them off and walked out the door and tried to be brave as she would want us to.

The next day my other sister came by and I know she prayed for them in her heart and then she breathed her last.

Mother, now in the PRESENCE of THE ONE WHO MADE HER AND SAVED HER FROM HER SINS.

A Beautiful place we will ALL get to go to if we have said, YES to JESUS,

John 3:16

I know my Mother is happy even though we miss her everyday.

I know by sharing her stories with Pig that are endless as either I remember or my Sister or my Brother.

As I ask questions they are helping me to remember or know.

So I can write with Pig and encourage others.

Her favorite food was Pancakes and real butter and syrup and ice cold milk just like Pig.

Just a coincidence I guess?

Pig said, I don't think so.

We will never forget the Blessings of having our Mothers.

We will never forget the things they taught us, it is deep into our hearts.

We Thank the other Mothers that helped us when we didn't have one. They helped us through along the way with kindness and wisdom and shared with us.

We Thank you too.

Happy Mothers Day to you all.

From Pig and Me.

xoxo