Banana Pancakes: A New Body and Into God's Glory

Monday, Feb 4, 2013 my sweet 97 year old grandmother, Mother Kay, went home to be with Jesus. Even though I am celebrating with her, my heart is still heavy with sadness and missing her warm soft touch and smile. This past week, I was privileged to see so many of the lives that Mother Kay blessed with her life. She truly is such a beautiful role model for not only every woman in our family but to all women. Never have I met such a dedicated, hardworking, loving, blessed and virtuous woman. I enjoyed listening to all the touching memories that our family shared about Mother Kay this past week. As I remember Mother Kay in this blog post I would like to list the memories of how special she is and what I miss about her.

My dearest Mother Kay-

I miss you already. You have given me so many wonderful memories that I reflect back on so often.

Mother Kay I miss seeing you at the back porch waving hello to us as we drive up to visit.
I miss the way you would hold my hand in the car on our drive to your house when you picked us up from the airport. I miss seeing you sitting in your chair opening your mail or watching TBN in the afternoons. I will miss you kneeling with CeLes and me at the bedside as we said our night prayers, and listening as you would name each and every child out loud. I wish I could taste those hand rolled biscuits and homemade gravy you would make for us every morning during our visit. Mother Kay I miss listening to your footsteps going down the hall to the den and the way the light would "clink" when you pulled the string to turn it on in the "gold room" closet. I miss tasting that coconut cake you would have made for us at every visit. It makes me laugh to think about how you would tell CeLes and me "not to be ugly" to one another when we would start to fuss. It was so special to listen to you sit and tell me stories from your childhood and describe what Daddy Kay was like when he was alive.

I miss those Saturday mornings and how you would wake up early to go to the "beauty shop" to get your hair done- and how beautiful you looked and felt when you came home that morning. As the years went on and it was beginning to become more difficult for you to fix your hair and apply makeup.... I miss helping you. You were always so beautiful and never missed a day of wearing makeup, jewelry or fixing your hair. Thank you for being such a woman of virtue, Godliness, and a perfect example of the Proverbs 31 woman. I miss you terribly but know that our absence from one another is only for a short time until we can hug once again. Mother Kay I can only hope to be even a small fraction of the woman you are. I am so thankful that you have been a part of Henry's life and that you were able to hug and kiss him.

Mother Kay you are forever in my heart and I will always love and think about you.