Tribute to Mom for Mothers day

I know that I have written a lot about Mom and her cooking but to be perfectly honest , you can't think of her for long that her cooking doesn't enter into the picture. She was great at a lot of various things--had a beautiful singing voice--as Daddy use to say she could hit those high notes and rattle the rafters--just beautiful..Many women have said that she was the best Bible teacher they ever had, we know that she was a GREAT story teller and loved to pull jokes on people. In general the precious lady just loved life and seem to spread that joy and laughter to those all about her. Her hands were always open to share whatever she had with others and the same dear hands worked many hours for her family as well as others.
What I was thinking about was in her later years when she was in a wheelchair how she would go into the kitchen rolling up close to her cabinets and then would pull herself to stand and leaning one arm on the cabinet she would make and roll out pie crust, stir up a cake just whatever she wanted to cook. Her disability did not hinder her from doing what she loved--cooking and sharing with others. She would prepare meals- meatloaf- roast, vegetables and most of the time hot rolls or corn bread--whatever she thought sounded good she managed to cook. She would than prepare several plates of the food and wrap it in foil, load it in her little basket on the wheelchair and off she would go to the little elderly neighbors to deliver them some lunch.
Of course they LOVED it and loved her and I am certain her visit made their days brighter---without a doubt Moms day was brighter because she got to feed those poor little souls. It seems that one of her greatest talents and gifts was to minister to people not only through her Bible teachings but in her everyday life--serving others by her abundant acts of kindness and labor of love in cooking.
I know that the entire family thinks of her often or everyday as I do and each Mothers day I reflect back on the mother days I got to spend with her-- each and everyone is a precious memory. God blessed us with the very best Mom and hopefully each of us will be inspired to carry on her traditions with the same loving heart and open hands!!