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*Memorable Mother?* 1/23/02

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WILL YOU BE A MEMORABLE MOTHER?

By Mary Emma Allen

Will you be a mother who's remembered fondly by
your children when they're grown? Will you be a mother
who affects their lives in ways they'll recall with love
and laughter?

A family can be close and create fond memories
by sharing and doing things together. However, it's
often to the mother that the task falls of initiating
family activities and pleasures her children will
engage in with their children in future years.

Incidents From Your Childhood

Do you recall incidents and traditions from your
childhood you want to share with your children
and create a feeling of family continuity?

I realize now that Mother often must have had
work to do. But she took time from her busy
day as a farmwife for walks and picnics with
us four children, doughnut making feasts, story
sessions at bedtime, swimming in the brook in
summer, and listening to us and talking with us
when we had problems or secrets to share.

Looking back, I never remember her remarking,
"No, I'm too busy," although she must have said
it many times. The memorable times we shared
together far overshadowed the times she had to refuse.

Fun With Your Family

My daughter and I engaged in some of these activities
as I shared with her my childhood experiences. It helps
to bring a continuity to the generations as a child
realizes he/she's sharing in a long line of family traditions.

Just possibly the enjoyment of these childhood
activities and family highlights will be remembered by
their children when they have families of their own.
I've heard my daughter say to her son and daughter,
"When I was little, I used to do this...just like Nanny
and Great Grandma did."

As I look around the happy faces at my husband's
family reunions, I realize that it was mainly because
of my mother-in-law's efforts that the family now has
many memories to bind them together.

Families Need Sense of Belonging

Families need a sense of belonging, a sense of doing
things together that makes them part of a long line of
families. In these days, when the family unit is battered
on all sides, it's often the mother who can do so much
to make for her family a haven at home, a place of
happiness and security, a place which will stir fond
memories as the children recall the incidents that
formed their lives because of their memorable mother.

Mary Emma Allen, (c)2001
me.allen@juno.com

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Mary Emma Allen writes about family matters for
parenting and family magazines and e-zines. She
chronicled her mother's journey through Alzheimer's
and how it affected her family's life in "When We
Become the Parent to Our Parents."
Visit her web site: http://homepage.fcgnetworks.net/jetent/mea

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Reader Feedback!

Joseph,

As usual your story has touched my heart. Thank you for sharing your
talents the Lord has blessed you with. My dad didn't have any sons to pass
along the tie knot to but he has passed down a wonderful legacy to his two
daughters of love and being a good neighbor.

May our wonderful Lord continue to bless and keep you.
Love in Christ,
Jennifer Yost
Russell Springs, KY
yostj@mac.panasonic.com

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REQUESTS:

Michael,
My name is Mark Elliott and I would like to ask your readers to please pray
for Bruce Sheppard. Bruce is a senior in high school who was recently
seriously injured in a skiing accident while on a retreat with the youth
group from our church. He suffered serious head injuries from hitting a
tree. Please pray for his parents as well. Thank you.
Mark
mark_e@swrinc.com

Dear Friends and Prayer Partners,

Thank you again for you wonderful responses to my last update, which included an email from Jenny. Your prayers, truly, have made a difference.

However, I must request further prayer for Jenny, as she has another infection in the ear that was operated on. She is now on a stronger antibiotic, and we are hopeful that this course will take care of this recent infection.

I have learned a great deal, through this family crisis, about trusting God with all my heart, no matter the outcome. It is a temptation, for some, in these times, to treat prayer as though it were fast food...say a prayer...expect the outcome, NOW! But I am learning so much about patience and submission to the greater wisdom and understanding of a loving, Soverign God.

Just the other day, I received an email for prayer, with a list of names and email addresses, pages long. I felt daunted and overwhelmed, yet I knelt down and I prayed for those people, asking God to meet all their needs. At the same time, I felt a witness from God, having a profound awareness, for just a split second, of how many prayers go up to God, minute by minute, and He hears them all. I don't think I have ever understood, so clearly, how small we are and how big and powerful He is. It made me want to tiptoe to the throne of grace, and throw myself at His feet and just praise Him.

I remember when I was a lost sheep, and just think, He left the saved, and He came to find ME! Thank You, Jesus! May God bless you, this day. May He meet all your needs; and may He lift you up, wherever you are. Thank you with all my heart!
Blessings,
Jaye Lewis
jlewis@smyth.net
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/_/\/\    MICHAEL T. POWERS
\_\ /    HeartTouchers@aol.com
/_/ \    "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no
\_\/\ \   longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I
\_\/   live in the body I live for the Son of God, who
   loved me and gave Himself for me."
   Galatians 2:20
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