My Mother

Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you.

For many years my mother was a heavy drinker, in reality, an alcoholic. But in the haziness of her alcoholism, I could see a kind and gentle person. A woman who cared deeply and scarred easily.

At 69 she chose to get sober and all those positive attributes I could see in the alcoholic fog came into the light.

I don’t think I ever heard her say a bad word about anyone. She always looked at a person’s best even if that best was a mere portion of their being.

She loved deeply and people of all walks of life loved her. She had no prejudices nor was she intolerant of those who did. She brought a soft edge to those she touched.

What I learned from her is to be kind and to love. Life is too short to be anything but loving.