Dear Mother,
I have been praying for you to have a
beautiful day today. With you mom it's mothers day everyday. I don't
think there is a day I don't wake up and ask God to give you a smile
and care as you walk through this disease of Alzheimer's. I know mom,
there are days you can remember me and sometimes I fade away. Your
sometimes in a place only you can see and I know that is hard. It's in those moments I imagine the Lord's hand is in yours. His promises sustain you and me. Grateful.
I am so proud to be your daughter and
I laugh out loud somtimes when I think of how you have loved life and inspired goodness in me and so many around you. You walk into the room mother and it lights up, music serenades you in the spirit. I sense you day to day in my heart of hearts. Thank you mom for spending your life sacrificing not only for your
children but for every person you encountered in your work and the
stranger on the street in need.
I didn't understand as kid why "those people" meant so much to you. Why you were at so many meetings, why the children played in our back yard as you met with their mom's and dad's the "leaders". I didn't know I had a activist mom. You were just mom.
My heart has celebrated mother's day
every day since your stroke that changed you and our family forever.
I love you so much. I will tell you again just as I did
yesterday....and you will say “I love you more”. I give thanks to
the Lord that he is your strength and your covering and he guards
and guides our steps. You taught me that. His ways are not our ways,
we have only to submit to his care and the world changes, were
brought into a new love. You taught me that. He loves me, you
taught me that mother.
...Love you more Estella Star
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