Happy Mother's Day!

My mother loved me and still loves me unconditionally. It is amazing to know that someone in the world cares about me in that way, for most love is conditional. She had a passion for the rights and well being of all those who are less fortunate. When i was young, living in a small town in Ohio (Woodville, population 1700), there was a divorced woman who lived by herself, and few people paid attention to her. My mother invited her to our house for Thanksgiving, although we kids frowned on it!
  My mother gave me a copy of the Tao Te Ching when i was a teenager, even though she didn't understand it. She kept an open mind to the explorations of her chilldren, and supported whatever direction we wanted to go, as long as it was a path with heart.
  She was devoted to her Christian faith, and walked her talk, living a life of Christian service to people, treating others as if they mattered.
  I am very grateful in many ways to my mother. May the rest of her life on this planet, and her journey out of this body be free of suffering, and may she realize in her own heart, the gifts she has given to others.