In Memory of Mother

Velma Grubbs Melton

February 16, 1912- June 15, 1998

10 Years

You can only have one mother, patient, kind and true;

No other friend in all the world, Will be the same to you.

When other friends forsake you,To mother you will return,

For all her loving kindness, She asks nothing in return.

As we look upon her picture, Sweet memories we recall,

Of a face so full of sunshine, And a smile for one and all.

Sweet Jesus, take this message, To our dear mother up above;

Tell her how we miss her, And give her all our love.

Since I will be at camp on Sunday, I wanted to make this post while I had time. While I know that these are just words, I always find that by posting a poem it makes me think of Mother. Can it be that it has been 10 years since I last held her hand, had a conversation with her, shared family news, discussed what was happening in the world? I still miss my mother every day of my life. I remember that Mother expressed to me how she still missed her mother, and she had been dead for 3o years at that time. I know now how that feels. It is an emptiness and a longing. I am so thankful that I had a Mother who loved and cared for me. What a blessing. While 10 years at times seems so short, it seems it has been forever since I have heard Mother's voice. I can close my eyes and be right back at her bedside, watching her breathe her last breath, but when I try to hear her voice, it seems so distant. I often try to hear it in my mind, but it is hard. Ten years- so short and yet so long. Mother, I love you.