My Mother’s Legacy

April 10, 2026

I apologize for not writing anything new this past week. For those of you who aren’t aware, my family has been told that my mom has only a week or two left on this earth. We have been spending time with her.  She has lived a long life and is ready for heaven.

It has been difficult for me to see her decline physically and mentally. She has always been such a strong person, in body and in spirit. An amazing role model, my personal cheerleader. My best friend.

I don’t believe I could have gotten through some of the most difficult times in my life without her support in the form of prayers, letters, phone calls, and hugs. I still carry with me a card she sent me the week the divorce from my first husband was final 12 years ago. The Bible verse printed on the card is her favorite,

Psalm 118:24, “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

Inside the card she recalled one of the most difficult times in her own life. A surgery that had gone wrong and we weren’t sure she was going to make it through. I stayed at the hospital with her for several days, advocating for her, supporting her as best I could. She remembered one of those nights when I showed her the moon shining in her window. I told her it was a sign that God was watching us and that He would take care of us.

She repeated that message to me, in that card. That I would be ok, better than ok, because He would take care of me.

As mom’s death draws near, I am so very thankful for the Christian upbringing both my parents gave me. . . the best legacy a parent can give.

2 Timothy 3:14-15, “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”