ACCIDENTAL INSPIRATION - a tribute to my mother
My mom went to live with Jesus 17 and a half years ago. August 31 st would have been her 100 th birthday. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss her. My mom was one of a kind. I miss her daily presence in my life. She was silly and fun. She was smart and wasn’t afraid to try something new. She was witty and wise. And she was unflappable. I don’t think that I ever saw her lose her cool and I witnessed scads of opportunities. I never heard an unkind word fall off her tongue. Not that she was all sugar and honey but if she said something negative, it was true and stated only as an observation, not a judgement. She was a joiner and never met a stranger. She had a great tribe of girlfriends. She lived her best life. And I wish I were more like her. Recently, an old school friend reached out to me on social media. She asked if I remembered going to see a movie when we were kids. I did not. She went on to tell me that she remembered it so w
