My Memory of Mother’s Day
May 6, 2008 by The Grief Blog
Filed under Q&A
It’s easy to share the joy of having five beautiful girls, but it’s hard having the youngest one taken from you so tragically. On May 20, 1974, I came home from the hospital with a baby sister that was the apple of everyone’s eye; she grew into a beautiful flower, making the family even more closely woven together. DeAnn had four older sisters and she knew she was loved; Mothers Day will always remind me of our last Mothers day together. It was always a special day that we celebrated as a family. She gathered her sisters and insisted on making a special mother’s day video. They got together, dressed for the occasion and each recorded a beautiful mothers day message for me. We always did the mother’s day race for the cure as a family, so on that Mothers, when we came in from the race, the girls insisted that I sit down to view the video. I can remember every precious word that was said by each of the. They took turns and spoke in age order, DeAnn, being the youngest, spoke last, and her word were, “Mom I just want to tell you how much I love you, I am so proud of you for going back to school after raising us, I just want you to know today that I love you because we never know how much time we haveâ€â€¦..This was Mother’s day May 14, 2000. DeAnn was killed when a Pier collasped into the Delaware River on May 18, 2000. She would have been 26 years old on May 20, 2000. I can play the tape now and I do, often, I am so grateful that I have the tape to remember our last Mother’s day, together.
Mrs. Blanche White-Toole
Note: Blanche received the 2nd place award for the poetry contest. You can see her poem, If I Could Touch the Rainbow above.
Thank you for sharing. You speak for many grieving hearts and your journey is so tear-jerking. I pray that your memories and your poems help to heal your heart.