MOTHER'S DAY

RIP: IRA LEONA GOODMAN

I have the best Mom in the entire world and Heaven too. No one else could hold a candle to the woman I called Granny. She had 11 kids and each one she made to feel special. Everybody, loved Granny. The woman could play the piano by ear and when I wrote her a song, 'LOVE IS A SONG,' she played it on the piano by ear and I learned the notes. Now I can do it, simply because she could do it. I gained her ability to learn new things because she always had a 'CAN DO,' attitude. No matter how many people came she always had enough to feed them. She could make a Holiday meal, out of next to nothing.

I never did without anything I needed, she would sew for me and she made me feel special because I would always love wearing what she made. She had oddles of grand kids and great grand kids. She always gave them a Christmas present. The boys she would buy a group of cars and take them apart and give each boy a toy. When they got older she always did socks the same way. Everybody got something. The girls she would always make doll clothes for. When they got older she always gave powder to each one. She loved to give. No one was left out. I love to give. It is just so much fun. She taught me what fun was. To this day, I only do fun things. Funny thing about it, everything is fun to me. If it's not, I make it fun. Everybody loved Granny! She was unique and she was special and she was the best Christian I know. She exemplified Jesus.

She didn't have a whole lot of free time, but she always had time to listen to me and believe what ever I told her. She always sided with me on everything so I never felt like I was put down, for she lifted me up to the clouds. 

SHE was a very loving person and always gave of herself to others. She just waited until she saw a need and she went about to fill that need without any fanfare or bringing attention to herself. She just did good. She went about doing good at all times and in all places. She did not talk about what she was going to do, she just did it.

I knew I was special because she made me special. She believed in me and believed I could do anything and to this day, I do just that. I am learning 3 languages because I want to, HEBREW, GREEK AND SPANISH. I HAVE WRITTEN 10 BOOKS, PLUS TWO COOKBOOKS-A REGULAR MENU AND A DESERT MENU, TWO POEM BOOKS- WELL PAPA WROTE ONE FOR ME LOVE POEMS I PRINTED IT AND TWO SONGBOOKS, A REGULAR ONE AND A GOSPEL ONE. I am now writing 7 more books because I want to, I exercise 5 different ways because I want to, I learned how to sew because I wanted to, I learned how to knit because I wanted to. SHE TAUGHT ME TO WANT TO DO THINGS. I love cooking because she loved cooking. I love cleaning because she did it. She would move furniture around and clean under everything, and I love to do the same. She planted beautiful flowers, so I love flowers and growing things. All the things she loved doing I love doing. She gave me a desire to enjoy each moment of every day. She was not a learned woman, but I love learning things for her.

I just wish I could hug her again. But alas she is in Heaven. I can only write about her, but it gives me great joy to tell the world how very unique my MOTHER WAS. I can only feel special about her. I always always loved her, very much. I should have told her so MANY MORE TIMES THAN I DID. Now I cannot but I can write about her and motivate someone else to enjoy their MOTHER, WHILE THEY CAN.

GOD GAVE US MOTHERS TO LOVE. GOD GAVE US MOTHERS TO LOVE US. IT IS SO weird THAT HE KNEW WE WOULD BE MOTHERS JUST LIKE THE MOTHER WE LOVE. I AM A MOTHER TO 1 DAUGHTER AND 3 SONS AND I HOPE THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT ME. 

I FEEL LOVE TOWARD ALL 4 OF MY CHILDREN BECAUSE I WAS TAUGHT TO LOVE BY A VERY SPECIAL WOMAN. EVERY GOOD GIFT THAT I EVER GAVE TO ANOTHER, I LEARNED AT HER FEET. SO SHE IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. 

YOU KNOW SHE WAS JUST A MOM. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME. MOM'S CARRY THE WORLD ON THEIR SHOULDERS. NO GREATER TITLE COULD EVER BE GIVEN.

I SEE HER IN EVERY CHILDS FACE. I KNOW THEY WILL IMPART TO OTHERS WHAT I HAVE TAUGHT THEM, BECAUSE SHE TAUGHT ME SO WELL, TO SEE GOD IN OTHERS.

I MAY NOT KNOW WHAT GOD LOOKS LIKE, BUT I KNOW WHAT GOD ACTS LIKE. 

HE ACTS JUST LIKE MY MOTHER. 

later nina

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