A MESSAGE FROM THE FAMILY
For much of my life I would tell people that I was a ‘son of a gun’, because my mother was a real pistol! But my mother was not a pistol…more like a machine gun or a tiger shark or a pit bull or a bull dozer…I am not sure if it was because of her sister’s ‘training’ shall we call it or if it was always in her. My Dad described my mother as ‘fun’ early in their relationship and she certainly remained the life of the party throughout her life. She was not bi-polar so far as we know, but she was dichotomous. She WAS the focal point of most party’s, because though small in stature she was larger than life. She was absolutely a blast one minute and without notice basting the next. She hated weakness in herself and most profoundly in others. She demanded perfection from me as a child and was truly relentless in her follow through. She came from a different time…She NEVER sacrificed what SHE wanted, but if she was on your side she was tougher than most had ever encountered. She struck fear in me and my friends when I was growing up, but was a sought after destination by my friends when I was a young adult. Though not always fair in her actions she always wanted the best for those she loved. In my adult life I became the relentless one…questioning her actions and motives frequently. Though she never said it, I know she respected me for that. As one friend noted: the way she was, made you the way you are…her style, as over the top as it certainly was truly made me the responsible, caring, determined and goal oriented person that I believe I am today. In the end, I know my mother loved me and others in the only way she knew how. She fought for me (and with me) and certainly others on too many occasions and while I often questioned her intensity, I came to understand she was trying to win at all cost to help those she loved and to vanquish those she did not. She was truly a warrior ahead of her time as a woman climbing the corporate ladder. There was no more fierce a competitor. While it took me a long time to understand that motivation, I did come to love and appreciate the protection she was trying so doggedly to provide. My Mother loved me and my family and only a few others…she was indeed ‘one of a kind’ and has left an indelible mark on this terrestrial world she has left behind…a fair warning to the spiritual world she is no doubt already working on…

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