A Mother's Crown

Heaven lit up with His mighty presence,
As all the Angels looked down,
Today the Lord was placing the jewels,
In all the mother's crowns.
As He held up a golden crown,
As all the mother's looked on,
He said in His gentle voice,
"I just want to explain each stone".

He held the first gem in His hand
But the radiance couldn't match His own.
For He was the light of Heaven,
Reflecting off each of the stones.

"The first gem," He said, "is an emerald,
And it's for endurance alone,
For all the nights you waited up
For your children to come home.
For all the nights by their bedside,
you stayed till the fever went down,
For nursing every little wound,
I add this emerald to your crown.

A ruby, I'll place by the emerald,
For leading your child in the right way,
For if you hadn't taught them about me,
They wouldn't be here with you today.

For always being right there,
Thru all life's important events,
I give you a sapphire stone,
For the time and love you spent.

For untying the strings that held them,
When they grew up and left home,
I give you this one for courage."
Then the Lord added an amethyst stone.

"I'll place a stone of garnet,"
He said, "For all the times you spent on your knees,
When you asked me to take care of your children,
And them for having faith in me.

I have a pearl for every little sacrifice,
That you made without them knowing,
For all the times you went without,
To keep them happy, healthy, and growing.

And last of all I have a diamond,
The greatest of all gems,
For those mother's who lost their children,
When they came home to heaven before them.
This is the most precious sacrifice,
So I give the most precious stone,
For I know just how you felt,
I too lost a child of my own."

After the Lord placed the last jewel in,
He said, "Heaven is now complete,
For every mother has her crown of jewels,
And all her children are at her feet."

~ Author Unknown ~

"I'll always remember and think of Grandma walking from town to the farm. How hardy she was. How strong of a woman she seemed to me. And her beautiful garden outside of the back door. And how she would go and cut off some rhubarb, and put together a pie for us to eat, that was so good. And of course, how she'd play us game after game of cribbage. How she'd go to church and pray every day, plus. (submitted by Donna) And..."There are many thoughts that come to mind thinking about Grandma. Things like; no matter how many people she catered for at her house in town for our reunions, she always had a moment for each of us sometimes irritating kids; or how she always kept "sugar" cereals in the cupboard because she knew my parents didn't let me eat them; or how about the drawer full of old decks of cards for us kids? But mostly, I remember asking her one time when I was quite young, maybe 7 or 8 years old, why she went to church so much. Her response to me was, "To pray for all my children." And that was it - that was all she said. With one short sentence of 6 words she left me with a lifetime warm feeling that no matter where I am or how lonely I am I know that not only are her prayers and thoughts with me, but that she is also looking over me this very moment."(submitted by Jamie) And...I'll always remember that Grandma's birthday was the day after mine and it felt like we had a special bond because of that; how she used to say it was ok to wear blue jeans to church (even though mom and dad didn't allow it) because God didn't care what you were wearing; how she taught me to play cribbage when I was just a young kid; and how sad I would always be to say goodbye to her when we had to go back home. My third daughter's name is Sarah Rose, in memory of her. (submitted by Theresa) And...How when we picked rasberries she had a table set up and she'd pay us 5 cents for a pint and 10 cents for a quart.How when the church bell rang at I think 12 & 6 o'clock she would stop and say a prayer. When we played cribbage she would take the points you missed in your hand. How she slept outside on the porch at the farm. She always gave me a chance to first tell my dad when I did something wrong,then she'd find out if you did it or not. You never got away with much around Grandma, but she always made you feel you weren't really that big of a goofup. Most of all I think Grandma always laughed she seemed like a happy person all the time.(submitted by Duane) And...(I remember those 50 cent pieces she always sent us for our birthdays too) ~ DK:) And...I thought of my mother-in-law as a very strong religious person. She raised 9 children and it couldnt have been an easy task. There were many chores to do and life on the farm was hard. When the kids were small they said the rosary every night. She went to church every day. She was a great cribbage and pinocle player and anyone who entered her house better know how to play both! It was always a great time when we visited her. She took good care of the ladies that stayed with them, also Pipeper. The kids loved the back room at the farm, but we could never get them to go to bed at night because it was daylight so late up north. She loved the kids and liked to talk French once in a while. We all miss her.(submitted by Helen) And...

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The song playing is called, "The Living Years". I really felt led to play it now, and if you listen to the words, may we learn to say what's in our hearts to our loved ones now, before we don't have the chance to...that message is why I felt to play it now. God bless, Donna