Candle Story for My Mother (Ma)

Mimi1947 made this candle.

My mother ...........how do I describe her? A story teller if she had somebody to tickle her feet, that is. The greatest stories ever told. A comedian............always with the funny remarks about people, events, and anything that caught her attention. A sympathetic person..........always felt sorry for everyone.............A person who could not say no even if it was a total inconvenience for her, but oh when it was over, the person should have heard what was being said. I think it was her way of venting about the situation that usually made her the patsy. Pitiful in many respects. Mama's Hungry Eyes always makes me think of her. When I was small, she always talked of having criss cross curtains one day and I never forgot it. When I fixed up her little apartment after her last open heart surgery, I put up those criss cross curtains for her. She was so nervous they would get ruined, she had me take them down. So much for her dream. But she did manage to keep them up for almost a year. Yes, my mother suffered unbearably with diabetes. Her kidneys were gone, leaving her to a dialysis machine 3 times a week, but even with that, she made the most of it. Almost looking forward to it as a place to go . Setting her hair , wearing makeup and having a good time with the other patients there. But................one night, her heart could take not another beat and so it stopped. She died as she lived. Talking on the phone to her friend. We even put a phone in her casket as a reminder of what she loved most, along with pictures of her whole family. That way, she wasn't alone down there.. The one thing she hated most was being alone. It gave us peace to know she had her whole family down there with her. Rest, my wonderful Mother. You will shine again in another place and another time. All of your children are thankful to have had you and to have known you.