We learn from early age to follow
dreams and in some instances we are taught not only to follow dreams, but to fulfill some important desires along the way. My parents considered dreams to be goals. Choosing a direction in life and doing all that is required to get there. They installed in us to try and do this early so that in your latter years you can retire and feel that your retirement is well earned. My Parents viewed
desires as wanting a home, a good job, and the ideal mate. . . You know,
The American Dream. I don't think that anyone has to be taught to pursue either. I think that in most of us it is engraved within our psyche (soul, self or mind if you will) to obtain this and to be a part of
. It is about what you want, how much of your life do you plan to sacrifice to get it, and the discipline to make it happen. Not everyone has that mentality to do that, so one of the jobs that a parent has is to guide and teach their children to do this.
Well my point of this entry is to acknowledge my Parents and to especially acknowledge my Mother since Mother's Day is on the horizon. My Mother was a determain person to see that her children never had to want the way she did growing up. She sacrificed her future for us and waited until we were grown to accomplish what she desired at a late age. You have people younger, much younger than my Mother who do not have the desire, the direction, nor the discipline to acheive all the things that she did in her later years. She finished high school in her mid 40's and by her early 50's she had obtained 3 associate degrees from our community college. Retail Sales, Business, and Food Management. All of this while being a mother, a wife of a Lifer in the military, and on some occasions working to add money to the household funds.
Although I have always dubbed her to be mean (smile), she was an outstanding Wife and Mother. She was very supportive, encouraging, and loving to not just her immediate family, but also to her extended family members and friends of hers and her children. I have to say Thank you MOM. If it was possible for her to look down from the heavens, she would be proud of her children. We didn't fair to badly. Each one of us
Only By The Grace Of God has met most of our Desires and accomplished most of our goals. I guess that she would say we have a small part of
That American Dream. We did it with everything that God instructed you to teach us. Your children did not steal, lie, or cheat to obtain. We trusted in God. . . never ever stopping in giving praise to Him. We grew up watching you on your knees in prayer. You would be happy to know that all 3 of your children know God, we are serving God, and we are Praising God in all things.
We may not have understood until our later years, but we now know that you did what God required. You left the legacy and the inheritance to us as He instructed you to do. Not just in material things when you rested, but in knowing how to pray and the since to answer God when He called to us. You would be happy to know that we are teaching our children the same things that you taught us. . . You would be very proud of your grandchildren if you were here.
I just want to say Thank You and Happy Mother's Day!
God Bless!
