Yesterday, October 30, 2006 the first person to greet me on this earth passed away. Mom was just 69 years old. All of us have to deal with death at one time or another, but when it's your Mother no matter how old you are at the time of their passing. I still feel the little girl in me wishing it had been other wise. There are many things that I will always remember about my Mom - fresh cooked bread after school, homemade dresses, Homemade Easter eggs, handmade blessing dresses, she always dressed nice, and no matter where we lived she made the house beautiful.
These are just a few of the things about Mom.
I know this doesn't seem a subject to put on a blog- but I just wanted you to know I will miss her, and that she was important to me.
I know that she is at the place where she will not suffer as she suffered here, but where she will continue to grow, accumulating knowledge and developing and being useful under the plan Salvation made possible through the atonement of the Son of God.
"As mortals we all must die. Death is as much a part of eternal life as is birth. Looked at through mortal eyes, without comprehension of the eternal plan of God, death is a bleak, final, and unrelenting experience described by Shakespeare as "the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns" {Hamlet, act 3 scene 1, lines 79-80}
But our Eternal Father, whose children we are, made possible a far better thing through the sacrifice of His Only Begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. This had to be. Can anyone believe that the Great Creator would provide for life and growth and achievement only to snuff it all into oblivion in the process of death? Reason says no. Justice demands a better answer. The God of heaven has given one. The Lord Jesus Christ provided it. His was the ultimate sacrifice, His the sublime victory." {Teachings of President Gordon B. Hinckley}
Love you Mom-
Teresa