Your 'baby girl'
speaks here now and says,
"I am glad Mom
that you are safely home
with our Ancestors...
no more woes or care..."

"I know parts
of my life died with you....
Parts that I don't even
consciously recall....
Like my arrival here....
Your checking my fingers and toes....
Your sending out
my Birth Announcements
that declared,
" 'She's a Darling,
She's A Dear
and We're Delighted
That She's Here,' "...
"Like feeding me through the night...
Watching my first tooth bud
and my first faltering steps....
Surely, there were many sacrifices
of a Mother's Love....
The secrets that you have
in your heart about my arrival here
live in Heaven
with you and Daddy now."

"Then, there are the memories
that only you and I share....
Remember when you came to see me
in Colorado?
You said the clouds
looked like big "Powder Puffs"
and the Glorious Mountains...
Well, those were exclaimed over
in your Southern words,
" 'Why!! Why!!
They look just like BIG Elephants
in the Sky!!!' "

"I remember traveling
with you as a young adult
back to my Childhood
Vacation Paradise....
How blessed to be able
to go back together
to where we spent
such happy times....
maybe some of the happiest times
of my life...
and for sure of my childhood life...."
I'm glad you are home
with Dad and my Baby Brother."

"How warmly you spoke
of your Daddy....
Though my Daddy
was the greatest
story teller in my life,
your words are just as precious
as I recall them now.
You liked to talk
about how you and your Dad
made many Journeys here
on our Earth together....
and as you tired,
you told me he gently said,
'Honey, each step you take,
leads you one step closer Home.....'

"You left us for your Final Journey
on December 15th, 2003.
What a Time of Joy and Celebration
there must have been
as you made your trip
and arrived home for Christmas...
Your Parents
must have been delighted
to welcome their special Darling
Home for Christmas!"

And don't you worry
about me, Mom.
Our loved ones here
are sometimes Angels unaware.
When you can,
take a look this way,
Some wonderful "Angels"
known as people here
have had some precious words
and special thoughts
to share about your going home.
I'll be putting them
on this "Web Home" soon
I know you'll appreciate
each sweet and loving thought
from them.

Not all our memories
were happy ones it's true.
We shared some circumstances
beyond our control.

Sometimes, I wondered
if I knew You at all.....
The disease you had
stole so much of your essence
from those you love.....
I do remember good times
and bad....
I know your Journey here
was often filled
with tears and hardships.
What we know
is that you did your best
even in the darkness
of a horrible disease.
Now, you are FREE!
No disease of any kind
can touch you.
No worldly concern
can hurt you now.
Your being
has been given sweet liberty.
The Bible and God's words
you treasured
and in our Ancestor's Ground,
a Tipi Mansion full of Glory
has called you.
Do you remember
the story I wrote you
called, "Momma's Bible"....
Maybe one of these days,
I'll share it with others
who would be uplifted
by the words I wrote for you.

As I journey here,
I will remember your love
and how you always
did the best you could.
Now, it is your parents turn
to declare about you,
"She's a Darling,
She's a Dear
and We're Delighted
That She's Here!!"
Dear Mom,
give my love
to all my precious ones there.....
I have so many more there than here...
and tell them, please, for me,
I have some work to do
then I'll be there...."

"Before I go, Mom,
I want to say to you....
Thanks most especially
for coming to me
on my Airplane ride home
from your funeral.
You shared with me
about how the "takeoff"
of the airplane
feels a little bit like how our Spirits
take flight
in the process
we Earth walkers call, "dying"
and how the Stars below
look like what we see
here on Earth at night...
and How the Lights
of the Cars driving places
looks like the Spirits
that are all returning
to their Heavenly Homes.
Maybe, most especially important,
you told me you would never leave
and how you will
be one of the first ones to greet me
when I return
to our Ancestors Home there."

"And, Mom, PLEASE
don't stand by the Gate to long
waiting only
for your Children's Arrival....
You have many
of our loved ones there
to REJOICE with.....
We'll be along soon enough.
Thanks Mom
for the many times here
you held
the White Picket Fence Gate open
for our arrival at your home....
and Thanks
for holding the gate open for us
that we know as "Love".
Thanks for all the Prayers.
Keep putting a good word in for us
when you can, Mom."

"I know you hate for me to go.....
and I do too
but I must finish this work, Mom,
then I'll be back with you.....
Thanks for walking with us
to the end of your life here
on our Earth Mother
and now waiting
with such Light filled Love
for us on Heaven's Shore.
I'll be thinking
of that White Picket Fence
until my work here is through...
and how much I love you."



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