Mom

January 16th, 2009 Tim Posted in SevenLakes Info |

(by Nancy) Ever known someone who doesn’t accept service well? That’s my mom. She’s always taking care of someone else. Growing up she did the usual cooking, cleaning, and laundry but she also used her gifts of fashion, decorating and connecting people. She’s the middle child of seven girls who were very close to each other.  She’s the only one of the seven who didn’t stay in Mexico to marry and raise a family (I have 25 first cousins on my mom’s side) but she was one of the main ones who planned the get togethers and parties. Some of my best childhood memories are Christmases in Mexico, watching her laugh with her mother and sisters. She frequently reminded my sister and me to send cards to extended family members (on both sides of the family). One October when I was little she sewed full length curtains so my sister and friends and I could run a haunted house in our garage.

My mom also has a special talent with words. Even though Spanish is her native language, she’s a deadly Scrabble player in English, even beating people with multiple graduate degrees. Before she married she was an elementary school teacher for 5 years and she taught my sister and me to read before we started school.

Her birthday is January 21st. It’s a statement of her service (and my lack) that, after all these years, I don’t really know what foods she likes. For once we are hosting her birthday party instead of my mom hosting it herself (I confess, it was my dad’s idea).  She got wind of it and made a point of calling me this morning to tell me not to go to any trouble or expense. I love you, Mom, enjoy your day!

He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” (John 13:6-8 ESV)