Comments on: UP CLOSE: My Mother’s Legacy

By: janiece

janiece — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:56:15 +0000

thanks sweet melissa for so eloquently sharing your mother with us.
for me, my mother’s love is also like “water that fish swim in”; it is so omnipresent i sometime struggle to classify it. thank you for helping me.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:42:33 +0000

This was so beautifully written. I would be so honored if my kids could remember me like you remember your mom. She sounds like a phenomenal person.

By: Susanna

Susanna — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:03:47 +0000

Melissa,
THANK YOU for sharing this beautiful tribute. Every time I go to the temple I think of your mother. You see, she gave me her temple slippers at your uncle Charles’ wedding in Manti. We shared the adjacent locker rooms. She slipped them under the partition as we were changing and thought they would fit me better. I’ve been wearing them ever since. She has also given me a pair of clogs she bought from D.C. Those are my favorite shoes. I wear them everyday. They are reminders of the giving nature of your mother. I miss her too especially at family gatherings like today for Aaron’s homecoming. Her influence lives on in the hearts of those whom she has loved so dearly and deeply. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

By: Merry Michelle

Merry Michelle — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:11:31 +0000

It’s ironic that mothers are so under-valued in the big bad world, when in reality they hold the greatest power of all: just as you so beautifully summarized–”she created our world”. A powerful tribute to a powerful mother. Thank you.

By: annie

annie — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:18:22 +0000

Lovely tribute; your love for her seeps out of every line.

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:26:33 +0000

“By small and simple things are great things come to pass.” (Alma 37:6) Clearly, your mother embodied this scripture.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful memories of her with all of us.

By: Katie B

Katie B — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:34:36 +0000

It’s beautiful, Melissa. Thanks for sharing.

By: smb

smb — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:41:51 +0000

She’s gorgeous (in multiple respects), and this is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing this.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:04:32 +0000

That is a beautiful tribute to the powerful lessons embedded in the everyday sacrifice and dedication of a great mother!

By: Emily M.

Emily M. — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:12:50 +0000

My grandmother died recently, and I remember her in the same way: sometimes it’s hard to single out a specific memory, because all the times she was there run together.

And I think of my mom the same way… remarkable and extraordinary memories might be there if I dig for them, but I think I will find more of the “she was always there keeping our lives smooth and running” than anything else.

Now that I’m trying to keep my own home smooth and running (trying being the key word) I am even more in awe of her.

Thanks for the great post!