Published: May 09, 2008 07:18 pm            

DAY: Mom’s love

Take time to say thanks Sunday

One must admit that probably the most important of a family is the mother who tends to the every need of her children.

Back in the days of old, most mothers stayed home to take care of it and to tend to her kids. She kept the home-fire burning as she cooked, she cleaned, and she nurtured. She always had a great meal prepared, as her mate came home after a hard day’s work, and she made sure that the bellies of her children were full of all the nutrients needed to help them grow into fine men and women in their later lives.

Such were the ways of our mother, who always was there at the door when her children left for school and when they came home. Such were the ways of our father’s wife, as she kissed her mate goodbye and kissed again when he came home from work.

Our mother was a pretty brown-haired lady who liked to put on the makeup once in a while to impress us and Dad, but it wasn’t needed because to us, she was the best. Many times I saw our father come home so tired that Mom had to unlace his shoes and pull them off. Many times Mom would walk very lightly around the house, telling us to be very quite because Dad was resting after coming home from a midnight turn at the mill.

Many times, we saw Mom fix a meal that Dad liked that might have been a little different from what we got. Maybe an extra biscuit or an extra piece of pie was placed in front of him. We kids didn’t mind because we knew how much she loved him.

As to the love she showed to us kids, there were no limits as she kept us clean, warm, and fed with the type of food that only a loving mother could cook. Mom could even entertain us with stories and also the playing of her piano, while our friends and we listened. Mom was one in a million, and it has been 25 years since she received her rightful place in heaven.

Ramona’s mother was also a very important part of her family, as she always kept them fed and clean while taking care of the home place and also tending to the needs of her mate, as he came home tired from a day’s work. I can only tell you the things about her after I first met her, and she was one fine lady. She was a good cook, and she could make the best yeast bread I ever tasted.

Mom McKee was a diabetic, and she took the shots every day. She was a tired lady who still gave everything she had taking care of her family. She took her rightful place in heaven in 1978.

Each and every one of us has been blessed with having a loving mother, and that is the reason that we set one day aside to remember them for what they did to bring us up and to always show a caring love for her children. But to most of us, we remember our mothers each day of our lives, as everything we do has that little speck of love that she instilled in us. It is always there and sometimes as we remember her, we feel the tears of her love leaking out of our eyes and we feel her presence as we go about our daily lives, and we say, “thank you, Mom, for the memories.”

Have you taken the time to remember the things that wonderful lady did for you? Have you thought about how it would be if she were still here? Well, take it from me, I do, and I miss her.

If you still have your mother here for you to greet each day, take the time to just let her know how much she means to you. And if she has gone to the better place, then just sit back and thank God for the time she was here.

Ray “Uncle Ray” Day of Kokomo is a weekly contributor to the Kokomo Tribune. Write him by e-mail at uncleray@skyenet.net.

        

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