Wisdom from My Mother
"Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from Him." - Psalm 62:5 "Therefore, my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices, my body also will rest in hope." - Acts 2:26 My mom has only been gone 8 months, but sometimes it feels like forever. My granddaughter was with me over the weekend, and she was definitely one of my mom's favorites. More than once I caught myself thinking I needed to call mom and have her come over to see us. Mom left a pretty big hole after she was gone. You never had to guess where you stood with her. She'd tell you, in no uncertain terms. Mom never had a filter, so she didn't have one to lose when she got older. That was just the way she was. I remember a lot of the things mom told me about myself even after I was an adult. One in particular used to drive me crazy. She'd try to get me to slow down, to make choices that would give me more rest. To say no once in a while and take care of mys