Honoring Mothers Everywhere
 

"Mothers' Day" is upon us and with the recent loss of my own mother I've been reflecting a bit over the last few days and have been thinking of the mothers in my life.

1. My Mother ca. 1960 or so.

2. My wife Kathy's, mother.

3. My wife, Kathy, the mother of my two daughters.

4. My daughters, Jen and Melissa, the mothers of my four grandchildren.

Here's to the Mothers in my life.

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My own Mother has been gone since 1977 and I still miss her every day. She was born in Eastbourne, England in 1903, went to convent school in Nottingham and emigrated to the U.S. in 1920. She came with her Aunt, who was a Registered Nurse, supposedley on a visit, but only returned to England in in 1950's for a three week visit. She worked with The Southern Railway for twenty years and then with Troop Movement at Fort Jackson, South Carolina for the next thirty. She was the epitomy of a British Lady and remains the
essence of love seen in my daughter and grand daughter. I long to see her again in God's Kingdom in the next life. There is a Balm in Gilead and it is spelled MOTHER.

Best Regards, George

"Balm in Gilead" - I need some education - We have a softwood tree here in Michigan called a Balm of Gilead. What is 'Balm in Gilead?

Thanks.

my hats off to the MOTHERS out there... those past and those still serving thier familys here...GEORGE you put tears and thoughts in my mind just now THANKS...TRULY LOOKING FOR THE BALM OF GILIED... CHARLIE

See Jeremiah 8:22

I hold a special prayer and sadness for the mothers who have suffered through the most heartbreaking thing in this life, loosing there child. Godspeed to them. ch

John: I was referring to an old negro spiritual that goes: "There is a balm in Gilead, to make the wounded whole. There is a balm in Gilead to cure the sin sick soul, &c" As James pointed out it comes from Jeremiah 8:22.

Best Regards, George

I am familiar with Balm of Gilead - the tree puts out a resinous sap which allegedly has healing powers. (Frankly, the tree we have in MI is pretty worthless, unless you are a beaver.)

These images are salvaged from a suitcase filled with very old pics of my wife's family that had been in a flood decades ago. It was destined for the dump but I grabbed it and finally dealt with it last year. Here are some mothers that made it possible for me to find a sweetheart many generations later.

Those are some great pictures Jack. You did the right thing to save them. Successive generations often have no idea who they're looking at so they often just trash the pictures. In my family we always have made sure to write the names or places on the backs of the pictures. We'll see what happens in this age of digital pictures...