Know and Tell Friday has moved address, but our host is now hosting Cafe Chat for the Internet Cafe. Today's question is about moms. Since I tackled this subject that is quite sensitive to me, for my Know and Tell answers, I might as well elaborate a bit more, here.
"What is the greatest lesson you learned from your mother or a mom like figure in your life?"
Not to give up and Fight on for your dreams.
I have written some about my mom in my K&T post, but here I'd like to write about the mom-like figures in my life.
First, I'd like to write about my godmother. She was in her 60s when she became my godmother and she didn't have children of her own. She was one of the first women dentists in Greece, and her husband a military doctor, specialising in tuberculosis which was a major threat in people's lives at the time. She was a strong-willed yet sensitive woman and her husband, my godfather adored her. I had hoped to meet her more after I finished school, but she passed away soon after her beloved husband. I remember them both.
My godmother is the lady figure in my life. An iconic image of a bygone world with long velvet dresses and long pianos. She taught me elegance and grace.
I didn't know my grandmother, but I've heard a lot about her from my mother. She was a handsome, hardworking woman who left her landowning family to follow her man. She lost four of her children and raised my mother the "no-show-love" way. She longed for independence and worked hard for a new future for her family in the new world. She was a priest's wife. People in her Greek Orthodox community asked and valued her opinion. She loved crafts. My grandma was a fighter. May she rest in peace.
In college I met another mom -figure that influenced my life. My French lecturer opened my horizons, saw the potential in me, but also looked below the surface. She showed me that I am not only one in the line of my ancestors, but a person in my own right, an individual. I wish her the very best.
Blogging has opened up a new chapter in my life. I have met ladies who have showed me the way to Jesus. The example of their lives and faith has encouraged me incredibly. I would like here to thank a very special friend for never tiring of mothering me, for offering me a staff of support all along my day, every day. When I'm busy, when I work at home or at the shop, I know that she is praying for me. Dear one, I love you for your sincere, unkonditional love.
To all the moms in my life and yours, we love you. We wouldn't be where we are without you. Thank you.
