Just, when Mom discovered her birth certificate, she recognized her motorist’s license suggested her birthday was September 19th, while her birth certificate stated September 12th.
Obviously, the county common who submitted Mom’s birth certificate made a mistake that was never ever remedied. Mother shared she didn’t protect a birth certificate up until she turned 16 and required it to make an application for a summertime task. That’s when she found out that, though her household commemorated September 19th, her legal birthday was September 12th.
The household never ever got her birth certificate remedied, so she dealt with 2 birthdays. I frequently joked her that she was technically two times as old as her genuine age. When we commemorated her 99th birthday in September, I informed her she looked excellent for 198!
We lost her one month later on, October 22.
I’m sure I might note 500 factors I’m appreciative God blessed me and my 3 siblings with Gladys Harris Chancey as our mommy. Here are a couple of:
* I’m appreciative for her faith. She liked the Lord and His church, and my moms and dads taught us to like the Lord and His church. We were three-times-a-week church goers, and both my moms and dads were included and purchased every church we came from maturing. In your home, both moms and dads lived out their faith and did all they might to point us to the time we each got Jesus as Savior.
* I’m happy for her household. Mother was among 8 kids born to her household raised on a farm in Upson County, Georgia. They lost 2 young children along the method, however the staying 6 and ultimately their partners stayed close through the years.
When Mom was hospitalized and recuperating from surgical treatment previously this year, she stated often times, “If my siblings were here, they ‘d be right here with me.”
* I’m grateful for her convictions. When I remained in seventh grade, numerous good friends informed me they were getting mini-bikes for Christmas. I requested for one. Because I had actually not turned 16 and didn’t have a chauffeur’s license, I didn’t get one. Was ideal and incorrect was incorrect and they would not let me break the law.
* I’m appreciative for her impartiality. Mama never ever revealed favoritism and bent over in reverse to deal with each boy similarly. One regional company in our home town of Milledgeville would provide a container of chocolate covered nuts to her each Christmas season. I have a photo of her sitting at the dining-room table thoroughly suspending those nuts, dividing them similarly. I believe we got 17 each.
* I’m glad my moms and dads designed a caring marital relationship. They didn’t have an ideal marital relationship, however we kids understood they liked each other. My father was taken method too young at age 67, however they had 41 great years together. It wasn’t constantly simple, however they exhibited for us what it implies to be dedicated to one another for life.
* I’m appreciative for her guts and strength. 2 years back, she fulfilled a cancer medical diagnosis head-on and did what she needed to do to improve. She attempted her finest to recuperate from 2 significant surgical treatments considering that May, followed by 2 extreme rehabilitations.
She never ever quit, however, physically, she ran out of steam. Through everything, she leaned on the Lord and His strength, continuing with excellent faith.
Among the verses she documented in the flyleaf of her Bible was Psalm 73:26– “My mind and my body might grow weak, however God is my strength; He is all I will ever require” (GNT). She lived out that verse till she in harmony left us.
On that day, she didn’t make it to her recliner chair where she sat and worked crossword puzzles 2 days prior. She remained in her bed all the time. Early that night, the caretaker asked, “Miss Gladys, would you like to check out some bible?”
Mama responded, “Yes.”
Joyce checked out Psalm 23 while holding Mom’s hand. She completed, closed the Bible, turned to put it on the nightstand, reversed to Mom, and Mom was gone.
Latest things Mom heard on this side of eternity were, “And I will stay in your house of the Lord permanently.” And now she is.
(David L. Chancey resides in Fayetteville, Georgia, and works as transitional pastor at Griffin Church, Griffin, Georgia).
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