Dolores Aguilar 1929 - Aug. 7, 2008Imagine being remembered like this! Lord, help me to so love my wife, kids, other family and friends so that when I am gone they will remember love, forgiveness and a testimony of God's grace and mercy.
Dolores Aguilar, born in 1929 in New Mexico, left us on August 7, 2008. She will be met in the afterlife by her husband, Raymond, her son, Paul Jr., and daughter, Ruby. She is survived by her daughters Marietta, Mitzi, Stella, Beatrice, Virginia and Ramona, and son Billy;..... I apologize if I missed anyone.
Dolores had no hobbies, made no contribution to society and rarely shared a kind word or deed in her life. I speak for the majority of her family when I say her presence will not be missed by many, very few tears will be shed and there will be no lamenting over her passing. Her family will remember Dolores and amongst ourselves we will remember her in our own way, which were mostly sad and troubling times throughout the years. We may have some fond memories of her and perhaps we will think of those times too. But I truly believe at the end of the day ALL of us will really only miss what we never had, a good and kind mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. I hope she is finally at peace with herself.
As for the rest of us left behind, I hope this is the beginning of a time of healing and learning to be a family again. There will be no service, no prayers and no closure for the family she spent a lifetime tearing apart. We cannot come together in the end to see to it that her grandchildren and great-grandchildren can say their goodbyes. So I say here for all of us, GOOD BYE, MOM.
Hat Tip: Tim Chailles
Wow. If that isn't a wake up call, I don't know what is. Makes me re-evaluate my life.
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ReplyDeleteWhen my 93 year old grandmother passed away in 2002, her obituary listed her 9 kids, 29 grandchildren, 44 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren. Most of those descendants are Christians, or have at least had a Christian upbringing. That's the kind of legacy I want to leave ! (except for the 9 kids part).