Dear Mother,

I want to take this Valentine's Day 1994, to say how very much I love you. You have been my inspiration in life. You have given me so much love and moral support in all of my trials and tribulations. You are so weak in body but yet so strong in heart and God's will. If not for your caring and your prayers, God only knows what would have become of me. Thank you for that special love and understanding.

Out of all the mothers in the world, I could not have been blessed with a better Mother. It saddens me to my heart when I see you sick or in pain. It frustrates me and hurts me because there is not much that I can do to relieve your pain. I feel so helpless. God gave you these eighty-one years for a purpose. I believe in my heart that He knew that I needed that inspiration to maybe carry on my life and love Him and others as you have done for so many years. I get my love for people from you and I am thankful for that. You have shown your love for God in so many ways and for this reason, I know that someday you will be among his flock. There you will not hurt anymore or have to shed tears of pain or grief Your life has encouraged me so much that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God gives to His own life eternal.

Life has been very hard for us at times, Mom. But we have come a long way and with God's help, we survived. We have always been there for eachother and will continue to do so. Forgive me for my fallacies Mom, I am only human. Forgive me if I get irritable, I hurt sometimes too. I guess a lot of folks would say that I am a little reproduction of you, and that is terrific, because I cannot think of anyone that I would rather be like than you.

In closing, I would like to say that you have been a very wonderful Mother to me. Your kindness and humbleness surpasses the best. Others may only see your weakness, but I your daughter, sees much deeper. 

Diana