A week ago today, I was still on my 13 1/2 hour trip back to Kentucky. Last Wednesday morning, my dad called to let me know that my Mamaw had passed away. She had been in a nursing home for several years and was in a lot of pain. So, knowing she was finally with Jesus, made me happy.
My Mamaw was the most precious person I've ever known. I never heard anything negative come out of her mouth. I'm sure she had her moments, but not around me. I spent many, many weekends at their house and have so many good memories.
I loved sitting in the yard on the green "glider" helping her break beans. We canned so many beans... It was my job to listen as each can "popped". If you know anything about canning, you'll know what I'm talking about. Picking strawberries and making jam....hand churning our own ice cream, playing in the sand box, putting on "shows" with my cousins, riding the tractor with my papaw. My mamaw had the best smile...even with her teeth out! :o)
She was about the best cook I'd ever met. I think my love of the kitchen and food came directly from her. You never left her house hungry.
Christmas was when she really went all out. All the cookies and homemade candies. She always let me help. Never mind the fact that I was totally in her way. She didn't see it like that.
Every time I spent the night over at her house, the following morning, I'd see her at the kitchen table reading her bible. And I mean ALWAYS. She always had a song in heart. I never left her house without a kiss and her saying that she was praying for me. And I believed it.
We would sit and watch PTL together. And you better not ever say a bad word about Tammy Faye Bakker...my mamaw would put you in your place! :o) Oh, and she loved Richard Simmons. You couldn't say anything bad about him either!
I do miss the times we spent together. But, I'm so happy to have memories of her. I know that she's so happy now. To be with the Jesus that I witnessed her serving for so many years, is simply amazing.
My mother-in-law sent this to me today. I loved it! I'm not sure who it's by, but it just seems to fit.
WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO EXPLAIN IT..
A sick man turned to his doctor as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said,
'Doctor, I am afraid to die.
Tell me what lies on the other side.'
Very quietly, the doctor said, 'I don't know.'
'You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other side?'
The doctor was holding the handle of the door;
On the other side came a sound of scratching and whining,
And as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room
And leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said,
'Did you notice my dog?
He's never been in this room before.
He didn't know what was inside.
He knew nothing except that his master was here,
And when the door opened, he sprang in without fear.
I know little of what is on the other side of death,
But I do know one thing...
I know my Master is there and that is enough.'
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