Remembering my moms on Mother's Day...
Kathleen Hazel McLellen Masterson
My mom was, in many ways, a wounded bird. She suffered from terrible health problems all of her life. But she was one of the kindest, gentlest, most loving souls there could ever be. There was never a day when I wasn't secure in her love.
On her wedding day, age 15. She and my Dad were together almost 65 years.
She took great pleasure in anything that made any of us happy. I loved her laughter.
It's been five years since she left us. I miss her every day.
Eleanora Lasota Leszczuk
Few wives are lucky enough to get a mum-in-law like mine. Mama was a woman of great courage who survived the forced labor camps in Nazi Germany, years in refugee camps, and imigrating to this country with practically nothing but never lost her faith or her kindness.
She became a US citizen at the age of 80.
She loved to play cards and I loved it when she played with all the guys in the family and "cleaned their clocks".
This is our first Mother's Day without Mama. It's going to feel terribly empty.
I've been incredibly fortunate to have had these two beautiful ladies in my life.
Happy Mother's Day, Mom
Happy Mother's Day, Mama
I love you.
