I walked over to the Open Casket the day of my Mother's Funeral & saw 100 years of a life in one glance.
But when I looked down at the Rose Dress & Rouged Lips; I saw her beautiful unlined face at peace and knew it was her time.
If I told you the details of my Mother's life; you would be, at times - shocked, repelled & yes; envious. Because we all are like the infamous "Squirrel"; who finds a nut once in a while!
No one wants to lay bare the real facts of their dysfunctional life in a blog forum or even splayed in a eulogy among the grieving - even if you were the most effected by it.
So I will hold them close to my vest - forgiving her & myself; and hope to forget the past or wait until I can no longer remember them in my dotage.
Within the Title is the Key to her vital force.
But I will reveal the most poignant fact of all - that at 1 & 1/2; my mother lost her mother in childbirth. This fact left a hole in my mother's life; which gave her children a never-ending role to fill.
"Born poor & Died rich" is better than the reverse; and because of a loving sister - she was able to have the best of care the last 10 years of her life. But don't get any ideas - rich today is only being able to live the end of your life with dignity.
And I'm not going to praise her just because it's expected - she was a simple woman & a child of immigrants; whose life was the same as anyone else's - except for the circumstances she was dealt & endured - which make everyone like her; unique.
She was the best Mother she could be. Blessings? 3 Children, 7 Grandchildren & 10 Great's!
Like I ended my eulogy last Sunday -
"Eva made it through the darkest of days,
and the loneliest of nights,
and came out the other end
Triumphant - at last"!
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V.Corso
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Rob St. Amant
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Nice tribute.