Tribute To Mom

I was one of those lucky guys. My mom was single, poor and fully dedicated to me and my sister. All through my formative years she worked all day and schooled all night. I was not kind to her as a kid. In my kid mind, she was seldom there for me. Now as a grown man I know that my positive work ethic, my generosity toward my fellow man and moral compass were all established by being brought up by that angelic woman. She fully supported my coin interests as a kid and would sit with me while I marveled over my kid coins at the kitchen table with her.

I had hoped to be with my mom this Mother’s Day. We are separated by half a nation, and Covid-19 demands I surrender the opportunity to hug mom today. So to all my coin brethren out there, give your mom the love she gave you on this day made for her.

Mom sent me this quarter eagle at Christmas this year. It was at the bottom of a bag of candy. I didn’t even know it was there till several days after Christmas!

 

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My mom is doing well at 90 years old. It's strange not being able to visit her on this special day. She is going to be mad at me. I'm in charge of her Coca-Cola supply. I'm in real trouble.

 

4 years ago, at the age of 66, my very healthy, never smoked a cigarette, mom fell down due to some dizziness. Her brain was littered with cancer that turns out was spread there from lung cancer. Immediate prognosis of hopefully a few months. She gave the doctors the middle finger.

I call her almost daily and will be able to go visit her today for a little while. That’s one tough old bird.

 

This is my first Mother's Day without my mom
I miss her terribly. She passed on January 2nd this year. I do have some mixed feelings though. My dad passed a year and a half ago so mom was living alone. I'm kind of grateful mom isn't having to endure this whole Covid pandemic. Living on her own and being on lockdown would have been a very difficult endeavor for her.

RIP mom

 

For all the Baby Boomer members, growing up was totally different than today. Mom's lived through the Great Depression, and their only goal in life was to see their children's lives were better than their memories. They were strict, but loving at the same time. They would give their only blouse off their back to see the smiles on their children's faces. Yes, some spanked and hit their kids, but that was how they were raised. When their children graduated from high school, they were ecstatic, since most mothers of this time never made it to high school. Many were part of the Greatest Generation and did their part on the home-front to defeat the tyranny thrust upon their generation.
Yes most Baby Boomers resented their mothers growing up, but looking back, they did everything they could to mold our generation into responsible human beings. Thank you MOM!

 

I could not have pened this any better.....
I sit here remembering my mother as I read this thread....my mom pass years ago ,the first day of the first gulf war in the 1990's .
I have missed her for quite awhile now....this passed Febuary we burried my second mother. My mother in law ...where in law was never even considered it was always son and mom.
Both these two women were the products of the greatest generation ever!
These men and women made this country great and sacrificed everything asked of them........and shared with us their struggles to teach us just blessed we truly are.
Happy mother's day mom .....I miss you both.

 

I lost my mom to Liver Cancer just a month ago. So it's been pretty rough going for me. My mom was my best friend & knew me more then anyone else in my life could ever know. She always supported my hobbies & even coins. She even got me a few for my birthday over the years, which I still have.

What sucks is her birthday May 17 & mine is May 18, so not a great month for my emotions.

Just glad I have my coins and fellow CT posters to give me an escape from my grieving period.

 

My mom passed Mothers' Day weekend of 2001. She married my dad when he was on leave from the Army just after Pearl Harbor. They didn't see each other for almost 4 years after that. She had a s=career as an executive secretary during the war, but quit to raise me and my brother; then she went back to work when my brother was in high school.

She started me on coin collecting by giving me a group of coins that she had from when she was a girl. It included a VG 1808-S Indian cent and a very nice quarter eagle that had been in her grandpa's pocket when he died.

I still have both coins, and I think about her every day.

They say that to succeed in this world, the most important thing you can do is choose your parents well. I did.

 

Your story reminds me of this Belgian medal. Maybe you can still share it remotely with your mom. It shows a mother taking care of two kids. There are 2 angels looking out for her. One with a shield to block the storm clouds, another with a torch to light the way. Happy Mother's Day!

 

I read these messages with a tear in my eye. Our mothers were so important to what we are today. I lost my mother 40 years ago this month, and I still remember her fondly ... and miss her. Growing up poor on a farm/ranch on the Nebraska/Wyoming border was not an easy life. When I look back now, I can see the many sacrifices she made so that we children would have a better life.

And yes, mom was an integral part of my first coin collecting endeavors. She would allow me to go through her stash of silver coins. Wow! And each time she would let me keep a few.

 

My mother passed away on New Years eve 2014. I drove up from Oklahoma to northern Illinois just hours before she passed away. To remember her I've been putting together a nice birth year set. There may be a few coins out of my reach to complete it but here is one of my favorites.

 

I gave my mom a call this morning because I can't go visit her due to COVID-19 risks. She was hard-working, devoted, indulgent, and slow to anger. Neither she nor my dad believed in spanking or other physical forms of discipline. She has early dementia now and I grieve for how I will gradually lose her as the disease progresses.

My mom fostered my interest in coins back in the 1970s, when I was just a kid. She'd patiently indulge my habit by driving me to the mall -- which had TWO coin shops in it, if you can believe it -- for me to participate in the "bid board" auction. The coins were hung on a peg board and you'd write your bid on a sheet of cardboard that was attached to the 2x2 holders in which they were kept. The auction closed at about 4:00 in the afternoon.

Generally low-grade and inexpensive material -- the equivalent in many ways to raw coins on eBay today -- but it was a great way for a kid on a modest allowance to add coins to his Whitman folders. We were all caught up in Bicentennial fever at the time and one of my favorite wins was this Lexington Concord half dollar. I didn't keep track of how much it set me back -- I only remember it was about a month's allowance, more money than I had ever spent on a coin before, and I had to borrow from my mom to buy it. It's not MS-65 or anything, but I sure treasured it at the time!

 

I lost my Mom 24 years ago. Today is always melancholy for me. Those of you who's mothers are still with them are very lucky. She is the one person in this world who no matter what will always love you.

 

I lost my Dad and as much it hurt me, I will never forget how much it hurt my Mom to lose her high school sweetheart. I just did FaceTime with my Mom and my kids. I made a large breakfast for my wife who not only had a baby with me but also saved my older daughter from my older daughter’s terrible mom by relation only. Nice memories from everyone. I’d like to think that the stories and thoughts can be seen or felt by those who died and that it brings them joy.

 

My mom was 93 last Wednesday. She's in a healthcare ubit and we're not allowed to go in. The wonderful nurses snuck in my brother's cellphone and called each of her kids on videoconferencing . I ordered pizzas for them today.

 

Me Mum and Me Da' both passed last year...i miss them both dreadfully...those of you who still have your parents..please cherish them...

 

My condolences to all those who have lost their mother. My mother passed 38 years ago yesterday and it seems like it was actually yesterday.

Cherish your family--they won't always be there.

 

You lost your mom.....but her spirt has never left you......it never does.
Small things that happen in life that has her touch written all over it.
She never leaves us.....that is what makes her a mom.

 

And our moms are a huge part of what makes us, us.