Wishing a Happy Mother's Day to my Mom...

[Pete in MI]

someone I never knew existed until I was 8 years old. Someone who cared for me, my brother and her 3 daughters by a jerk of a step-father. Glad I only had to endure his bull until I graduated high school and went off to the military at age 18 like my older brother did. Too bad she died at age 42. Never got to know her.

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Be happy - very happy if you had a Mom who was there for you, raised you, encouraged you, loved you and if you are real lucky - alive to say "Mom, I love you".

 

[Anonymous]

If I had not had my mother to look after and love me, I would have been in sorry shape for sure had I been raised by my dad, only, and probably a step-mother! Hopefully, she would have been kind to us kids but who knows but God! Sorry about your life being as it was......but don't be bitter like my dad was when he had such a hard life growing up! His own dad left him and his brother and sister for grandma to raise without money and he even took the one milk cow they had for milk, cream and butter when he ran off! Be thankful, bro Pete, that you survived and have Sherry to love and Casey, her daughter! Life isn't a bed of roses and I can tell you that because I've been stuck by the thorns many times! But look up, the beauty is in the Rose the head of the flower and God is our beauty and He is the head of everything! Give him glory and praise and thank about the good times you've had in life, though they may not be many, but more than you probably think and forget the bad times, because you cannot change the past and only can make the future better for you and your family and any others you meet as you live your mortal life! Trials are many but Jesus helps us overcome them all by trusting, obeying and leaning on Him!

God Bless!
Betty

 

[Greg from Mi.]

Said a little prayer for you after reading your post.
This Fathers day will be my 1st without my dad. It will be a hard day
Greg

 

[Pete in MI]

This is will be a hard Father's Day as well as Thanskgiving...my Dad passed away Thanksgiving morning just after midnight 2006. Holidays and Memorial Days, etc. lose a lot when we have lost a lot. Praying for you too Greg. Thanks for your prayers as well.

 

[dobbie]

i couldnt imangine not have my mom and dad. although we had some close ones with my dad fighting illness in ICU a few times. this post is difinitly a tear jerker. makes me think what if i had lost my dad. but i havent thank God for allowing him stay with us. thanks for the post. its like chicken soup for the soul...

 

[Pete in MI]

I never really knew either my Dad or Mom much. They divorced long before I can remember. Don't think my Dad showed up in my life til I was about 12 when he and his wife (step-mother) picked us up for visitations on weekends and 2 weeks each summer. With Dad we did do some camping and he taught me to hunt and fish. My Mom did teach me to cook.

I just wanted to let people know not everyone is lucky to have known their parents - well or some not at all - let alone spend a day with them or wish them a happy mother or fathers day.

When Father's Day comes around, I will remember my Dad but most of all I do NOT want to forget my Father...in Heaven. Without God, I'd have had no parents or be here.

God bless and to those with parents, be thankful.

 

[dobbie]

fathers day is always hard on my oldest. she has never known her dad. only one pic I found of him holding her when she was 4 months old. we were young when she came along and we seperated from each other before she was born. he was put in prison when she was 2 years old and there he will forever stay. breaks my heart he had to go off and be so stupid. not for me but for my daughters sake. Thank the Lord that God sent a wonderful man our way to fill in some of the emptyness for her. She is 13 and still struggles everyday with the wonder of who her dad is and if she will ever get to meet him. Keep her in your prayers please that God will give her peace and throw this emptiness inside of her far far far away.

 

[Pete in MI]

Will pray for her....maybe her Dad knows my step-dad since he has been in prison (a couple times - twice for printing his own money). Last I heard he is in prison in Texas (or Mexico).

Glad God sent you a good man to help you. It is hard for the kids today with all the pressures.

 

[scubadetector]

This post brought tears to me. Not only because I lost my parents to an auto accident 10 years ago but I lost my 45 year old wife a year and a half ago. I really miss them all. Sorry I brought my own sorrow in the discussion.

 

[Pete in MI]

we need to grieve our losses as well. It is a reminder too that we never know when anyone will be gone - so love them while you can. The most tragic of all losses is those who never wanted to know Christ - refused the free gift of salvation. I never knew my parents well enough to ever know if they were saved or not. Only God knows for sure.

 

[dobbie]

i do believe this is a post we all needed...