More of My Mom

Well, I tried to do a spell check on my last post and somehow messed it up and couldn't continue typing on it, so I am starting a new post to finish my thoughts.  When I think back on my childhood, my Mom is the rock that made me who I am today.  She loved unconditionally, but she would be honest with you and tell you the way she viewed things.  I wouldn't have the career that I have if it wasn't for her.  I wanted to quit college and she told me I would have to get a better job than working at a pharmacy for minimum wage.  And I didn't have any skills so I decided to go back to college and try the radiography program.  No matter what happened in our lives, we always knew that Mom was there for us.  She was so wise and so comforting.  I wish everyday that I could just talk to her one more time.  Just talking to her made me feel better.  I am so glad that Jennifer and Michael got to know her and that Jennifer is telling Anna about her namesake.  My Mom would be so honored to have her great-granddaughter named after her.  Even though she is gone from this earth, she is not gone from our lives.  I still her voice in my head everyday.  Jennifer, Michael and Leah used to have NaNa-sayings and they will always be part of us.  Her wisdom and compassion and love will always be with me, in my heart, soul and mind.  She still lives on everyday through all of us, brothers and sisters, grandchildren and now great grandchildren.  She would be so happy that we are still close to one another and that we support one another in all that we do.  I see her in beautiful days, rainbows, smiles on my brothers' and sister's faces, through Jennifer and Michael and Anna.  It is the circle of life in perspective.  My wish is that I can have half of the wisdom, courage and knowledge that she possessed in her lifetime and that I can pass on part of her to the future generations in our family.  She made the world a much better place for all of us and I am proud to have been her daughter.  I love you  Mom,