A Letter To My Mom

Following is the talk given by my son Barrett at his mother’s funeral. I post it again for Mother’s Day as a reminder of just how quickly our time with our mothers, wives and daughters can slip away from us. There are other Mother’s Day posts under the Holidays category on the right-hand side.

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May 4th, 2009 | Category: Audio Messages, Cancer, Death, Favorites, Grieving, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Nostalgia, Parenthood | 4 comments

Memories Of Mothers

Flipping though the scrapbook pages of our memories just a week ago turned up images of several mothers.

Page one opened at Deal Cemetery in Ladelle, Ark.

Mary's mother, grandmother and great-grandmother are all buried there. And though never a mother herself, our daughter Jenny occupies a spot as well, awaiting the ultimate arrival of her mother [...]

May 6th, 2003 | Category: Bulletin Insert, Holidays, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Nostalgia, Parenthood | Leave a comment

Power In A Mother’s Prayer

I recently received an e-mail from a mother who gave me permission to share this excerpt with you:

“We have had simply terrible things going on here with our son ‘Bill.’ I won’t give you any details, but please, please pray hard for him. Things are really critical right now. I have cried so over him [...]

December 1st, 1999 | Category: Bulletin Insert, Favorites, Grieving, Motherhood, Poems, Prayer | Leave a comment

To Mothers First Of All

I recently heard a friend sadly remark that this would be his first Christmas without his mother. I empathized with the difficult adjustment that he is making because my own mother has been dead for 26-1/2 years — exactly half my life. Having now lived as long without her as I did with her, I [...]

May 14th, 1998 | Category: Holidays, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Poems | Leave a comment