A Motherly Truth

More than 20 years after her passing, Erma Bombeck remains one of the foremost observers of motherhood. I found the following words of hers and posted them to my Facebook page this past Mother’s Day:

My mother passed away on Wednesday of this week, after a year long battle with cancer. Erma’s writing here says just a little of what I’ve been thinking and reflecting upon this past year.

Death takes away a lot, but it cannot take away the memories we have.