She would have been 81 today....

[Rob Wick]

Today would have been my mother's 81st birthday. Any successes or strengths I have had in life have been because of her love and guidance. Last year, on her 80th birthday, I quoted from the eulogy I delivered at her funeral. With your kind indulgence, I would like to post the entire eulogy, inviting those here either to take time and read it, or silently pass over it. Not a day passes that I don't think of her, especially after everything that happened to me this year. I've attached a picture that until this year I never knew existed. It is of my mother and father on their wedding day on (irony of ironies) February 12, 1954. They only had 15 years together, but the joy and mirthfulness on their faces inspires me to this day. It sits in a frame on my printer in my office, where it serves as a constant reminder from where I came.

By the way, the date referenced in the copy of the eulogy came from a posting on another site five years ago. It's now been 10 years since her passing.


Mom and Dad

Best
Rob