She was a great mom

Everyone thinks their mom is the best mom. She gave birth to you, she raised you, she fixed your cuts, she watched you play, she taught you things and she held you at night when you were sick.

I'm here to tell you that my mom was a great mom but also a truly great person.

She was an intelligent, caring, nurturing, compassionate woman. She was a nurse of the highest caliber.

She cured the sick, she eased peoples pain and she communed with the terminally ill. She touched everyone she came in contact with and left them better than when she found them.

She served her country during a time of war by nursing the wounded and giving hope to those who had no hope.

She left her family to marry my dad but she never left her family. She visited them often and they visited her just as often. She left the family farm but she returned as often as she could because they were her family and she loved them.

But to me and my siblings, she was Mom.

She raised us, she tended to us and she let us make our way in this world. She loved us unconditionally and made it clear there was always a place for us in her world, no matter what that world became.

When my dad died, we all stood with her and she eased our pain. She looked to us for help and guidance but she helped us and guided us.

When she was diagnosed with a disease that no one should ever have, we became her keepers while she steered us through the ups and downs by showing us her courage in the face of things that would make a brave man cry.

She is gone now but will always be loved.

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I will be back soon.