My Beautiful Mother, Lila Marie (Pound) Layne
Mother passed from this life into the next in August of 2001. I miss her terribly and am looking forward to the day I can see her again. To spend all eternity with her will be so awesome. She was a generous, loving, kind, fun mother. And the list could go on and on about her attributes. I love her dearly. You never get over losing someone you love, you just learn how to cope. Thank God for the promise of Heaven!
Mothers are more precious than all the world’s finest diamonds and costly gold.
I am not sure when my Mother became one of my best friends…I guess that’s not important. We went through thick and thin together. In all honesty more THICK than THIN. We laughed together, cried together, sometimes we even laughed and cried together simultaneously.
So much of what I learned of love I learned at home. I consider myself to come from a loving family. Not perfect, but loving. I am one of four children. My brother Keith has gone on to his reward. Linda and Karla live in Texas. I believe if all four of us could collaborate we would say that we were blessed with a loving, godly (nearly perfect) Mother.
Mothers are everything for us when we are small…our lives revolve around her. For everything that we need we call mother. To protect us from all perceivable dangers we want her around us. To take us out we hold her hand. To kiss away our wounds we run to her. And for a warm hug and love we look for her. She is the focal point of our lives, the greatest human being in the world. On the special occasion of Mothers Day pay tribute to your mother – the greatest blessing of God on you. Let her know you love her and care about her.
God Bless! And Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mothers who read this blog!
Oh, so TRUE! What a beautiful Mother she was! Thank you for posting about her! Have a Happy Mother’s Day! Love you!
WOW!! You described her perfectly. The only word missing was “content”. Mother was the most content person I knew – no matter where Daddy took her. LOL!! Thanks for such a beautiful post for a beautiful lady.
Love you – and Happy Mother’s Day!
Ronda: What a wonderful tribute to your Mom! I’m sorry for your loss, and you’re right, you never totally get over losing a loved one. I am blessed to still have my Mom, but Dad’s been gone 14 years now. Thank you for sharing with us! Happy Mothers’ Day!
Love,
Karen
Happy Mother’s Day!!! Cherish the memories of a Godly Mom whle you enjoy being a Mom to your beautiful children and first lady of your church. I know your day will be blessed.
Love you!
Ronda,
I enjoyed reading this beautiful tribute to your mom. I see where you get your good looks from, and I’m sure, your faith too. I know it’s hard to lose someone that you love so much, but thank God for that reunion you will have with her that will make Heaven all the more sweeter. Thank you for what you’ve shared here. Hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day.
Love,
Carol
Beautiful post about a beautiful lady!!!
Sis. Hurst. I certainly remember your mother, very well. One other thing about her that you did not mention. She was so graceful. And, no one walked like she did. She walked so smooth, not a bump or wiggle. You know what I mean. I always wanted to learn how to walk like her. Maybe I can ask her when we all get over yonder. Your mother was beautiful and your dad handsome. You are beautiful too but I think you favor your Dad most. Love you……………
Thank you to all. I hope you all have had a wonderful day too.
Esther, I must say that I think you are the only person that has ever said I look like my dad.
I love it! Everyone always says I look and act just like mother. LOL
What a beautiful post. I know today must be bittersweet for you. It’s true we never got over losing a loved one but we just learn how to cope. I hope you had a day full of happy memories and lots of love from your children.
Wonderful tribute to a wonderful lady. She was the greatest. She did leave wonderful memories for us that were not one of her children too. Happy Mother’s Day to you.
Sis. Hurst,
What a beautiful tribute to your Mom! I have very fond memories of her too. Visiting the Laynes was definitely a favorite destination of mine. It didn’t happen often because of the distance, but I cherish the few moments.
I am glad you had a wonderful Mother’s Day.
hugs,
Audrey (Hudson) Sullivan