MY MOTHER PASSED OVER TO THE SIRIT WORLD ON TUESDAY AND I THOUGHT I WOULD WRITE THIS TRIBUTE FOR HER. WHEN SHE WAS 55 YEARS OLD SHE WAS TEACHING 5TH GRADE AND HAD A STROKE THAT PARALYZED HER ON MOST OF HER LEFT SIDE. WHEN SHE PASSED SHE WAS 86 AND NOT ONCE DID I EVER HEAR HER COMPLAIN ABOUT HER DISABILITY. SHE ALSO RETAINED HER LOVE OF GOD AND THE ABILITY TO SHARE HER SELF AND GIVE LOVE TO OTHERS THROUGH 31 YEARS OF PARTIAL PARALYSIS. COURAGE THROUGH HER UNWAVERING FAITH IN GOD KEPT HER STRONG THROUGH THE YEARS. MY MOTHER AND I WERE CLOSE AND TALKED OFTEN THOUGH LIVING MILES APART FOR MOST OF OUR YEARS TOGETHERS. SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ME AND MANY OTHERS BUT I BELIEVE SHE IS BEING REWARDED NOW AND "WALKING ON STREETS OF GOLD" IN GODS KINGDOM WITH MY FATHER HOWL! SHE LEAVES ONE BROTHER ROY,TWO SONS DAVID AND DOUGLAS, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN MADELYN, CARLY, DAVID PAUL, HARLEY DAVID, AND COLE YOUNGER, AND ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD COLE DAVID. REST IN PEACE MOM AND THANKS FOR THE LIFETIME OF LOVE, ROLE MODELING, AND CARE THAT YOU GAVE ME HOWL!