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to
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Mother
of
Pearl
Mother's
Day
blog
series - week
long
celebration
of
moms
and
mothering.
Each
day
will
feature
a
new
post
by
some
of
today's
best
writer's
(Tricia
Goyer,
Sheila
Walsh,
Suzanne
Woods
Fisher,
Bonnie
St.
John,
and
more).
I
hope
you'll
join
us
each
day
for
another
unique
perspective
on
Mother's
Day.
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And
to
all
you
MOMS
out
there,
Happy
Mother's
Day!
Priceless
Treasure
by
Cindy
K.
Stiverson
We've
heard
it
said
and
often
find
it
true: You
don't
know
the
value
of
a
treasure
until
you're
without
it.
We
take
for
granted
the
things
in
life
that
seem
so
readily
available. A
paperclip
or
rubber
band,
to
hold
things
together. A
tissue
or
napkin,
to
wipe
our
nose,
to
clean
our
face,
to
absorb
our
tears. A
Bible
to
speak
words
of
wisdom
and
instruction
and
life
and
love.
And
a
Mother,
who
is
all
these
things
and
more. She
is
readily
available. She
holds
things
together. She
wipes
our
nose,
cleans
our
face
(and
our
fingers,
and,
well…everything
else!) She
absorbs
our
tears
and
calms
our
fears. "She
speaks
with
wisdom,
and
faithful
instruction
is
on
her
tongue."
(Proverbs
31:26). She
loves.
Within
hours
after
my
mother
passed
into
the
gates
of
our
heavenly
home,
I
was
missing
her.
Her
quick
wit.…humor….charm.
Her
warm
smile
and
melodious
laughter,
which
served
her
well
to
the
very
end,
as
did
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
so
graciously
allowed
her
to
slip
quietly
and
peacefully
into
His
arms.
She
simply
stopped
breathing.
As
I
stood
at
her
bedside
in
those
priceless
moments
after
her
passing,
I
wanted
to
touch
her
skin
as
much
as
possible
while
there
was
still
warmth
in
her
body;
to
nuzzle
my
nose
against
her
head
and
breathe
in
the
scent
of
her
hair
while
she
was
still
there.
Priceless
treasures
I
was
guilty
of
taking
for
granted,
clouded
by
unmet
needs.
I
was
so
consumed
with
what
she
was
not,
that
I
never
fully
appreciated
who
she
was.
It’s
like
I
was
blind,
but
now
I
see!
I
see
her
strength,
her
commitment.
Her
perseverance…sacrifice…her
unspoken
love.
I
see
how
much
she
meant
to
me,
how
much
she
did
for
me,
how
much
she
taught
me,
and
how
much
of
the
good
in
me
was
modeled
by
her.
She
was
a
virtuous
woman,
as
described
in
Proverbs
31
of
the
Bible. “Her
children
stand
and
bless
her....a
woman
who
fears
the
Lord
will
be
greatly
praised.
Reward
her
for
all
she
has
done.
Let
her
deeds
publicly
declare
her
praise
(vs.
31).”
This
last
verse
of
the
poem
serves
as
an
epitaph
for
the
woman
of
virtue.
It
speaks
of
the
legacy
she
leaves
in
her
passing.
It
spurred
me
to
write
a
personal
epitaph
for
my
mother,
which
I
read
at
her
funeral. We
publicly
declare
your
praise
today, and
in
the
days
to
come, for
you
deserve
to
be
praised
and
blessed, "We
honor
you,
Mom,
for
all
you
have
done!" In
my
earliest
of
memories, You
worked
so
hard,
striving
for
the
rest. You
persevered
through
great
trials and
did
your
very
best. I
know
you
are
being
rewarded in
ways
far
beyond
our
reach. We
honor
you
now
by
practicing
what
you've
taught, and
even
what
you
preached! You've
stood
for
us
for
all
these
years, Today,
we
stand
for
you! I
pray
that
our
applause
on
earth will
reach
your
heavenly
ears.
With
the
reading
of
this
poem,
I
asked
everyone
to
stand.
We
clapped
our
hands
in
celebration
and
praise
of
the
life
of
my
mother,
Margaret
Alice
Stiltner.
Imagine
our
surprise
to
discover
that
she
had
left
a
poetic
epitaph
for
us!
She
had
clipped
it
from
an
old
magazine
and
framed
it.
I
found
it
when
I
was
cleaning
her
home,
on
a
nightstand
by
her
bed.
My
mother
was
never
versed
at
expressing
emotion.
This
was
her
sweet
way
of
kissing
us
goodbye:
a
priceless
treasure
to
remember
her
by.
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