Mom my dog Ellie passed away a few days ago of a heart attack. She has been with us for the past 15 yrs. I want you to take care of her for us now. I know how much she loved to swim in the lake. Now she can run and do whatever she wants without grasping for breath. I love you Mom and give Ellie a great big hug from me and tell her we loved her just like she was human. We will miss her always

Nancy, thanks for sharing about your mom Vera. She reminds me so much of my grandmother (who was born a few years before your mom). My grandma was strong in her faith and her role as a mother came so naturally and instinctively. These were God's angels on earth, here to show everyone else how it's done. May God continue to shine the light on your mom's spirit and keep her forever.

Though I've never had the pleasure of meeting Vera, her beautiful spirit comes through very brightly, very clearly through the words of her daughter Nancy. Thank you Nancy for sharing your mother with us. May God shine the light upon the spirit of your mom forever.

Nancy Mitchell

15 years ago

Thank you so much for your kind words Noor. It really touched my heart to know that my mothers love shined through my words in such a way that touched you.

I thought of you on my birthday and wished you could have been here with me. But I know you were there in spirit. I love you MOM

I ask my momma one day , it she could have any flower whch one would she pick and she told me a purple flower with yellow polka dots. She was just being funny and trying to make me laught. But I took her serious and found her a purple flower wiith yellow polka dots. It took alot of looking but I also wanted to make her smile. I love you mom heres your flower from me to you .

Everything you taught me is instilled inside my heart and have to thank you for making me the kind of person I am today.

She taught me how to love and how to give to others. She never thought of herself first or even last for that matter. Making sure we didn't do without anything we needed. She is the one who taught me about God and his glorious love. I have my faith because she had faith. She had such a forgiving nature. If anything was bothering her you would never know it cause she gave all her problems over to God and forgot about them. I will always remember her sitting in the living room rocking chair reading her great big bible. I still have that bible, it is a little worn out due to how much she would read it and some of the grandkids when they were small wrote in it .But it is my prized procession. I never remember her ever screaming or yelling at any of us. That just wasn't her way. I only remember her giving me one whipping and that was for not wanting to get on the school bus in first grade. I didn't want to leave her. I was the youngest so I finally had gotten her all to myself because everyone else was in school. So when it came my turn to start school I wanted to stay with her. I remember her taking alot of crap from my dad that she didn't deserve. He never gave her the kind of love she should of had. But she never complained, she just carried on. And sometimes when he would be fussing at her I would hear her in the kitchen singing and praising God to drown him out. It would make him so mad.. But that's how she dealt with things. She let go and let God.

Mom, I dreamed of you last night. You stretched out your arms and hugged me tight. And just for a moment there it seemed That your touch was real, not just a dream. I had talked to God just hours before And told Him "Lord, there is nothing more That could satisfy or comfort me Than for my mother's face to see." God heard my prayer and through His grace Mom, I looked upon your face. I felt your hug, your love, your touch - The very things I needed so much. There is a void in my life still - A place that no one else can fill. But precious memories I have of you - And I have God to lean on too. So Mom, until that glorious day We walk hand in hand in Heaven I'll pray That once again through God's loving grace I'll feel your touch and see your face

I remember her singing to me whenever I was sick it would comfort me so much and help me sleep. When I was around 12 or so I always got charlie horses in both my legs really bad and was unable to sleep . She would rub my leggs until I feel asleep