October 28, 2009
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Mildred or CatfishMa
Some of you have met my mom Mildred
and some of you have read about here in my blog.
She is amazing.
One of the things I have always admired about her is that she lives out truth.
She wanted us to tell her the truth even if it went against her moral standards
and she never condemned us for it.
She treats everyone with respect and kindness even derelicts and vagrants on the street,learning their names.
I have seen street people stop what they were doing to happily greet Mildred.
She is quiet in manner and somehow sees people
in a way that feels as if she knows your life's story.
She taught me to see people,
to look at them in passing and smile,to greet people ,all people.
Her core is to treat everyone with compassion and fairness and the truth.
Sometimes the truth hurts and she is not intimidated by it,
either to hear it or to tell it.
I opened up a Xanga site for Mildred ,
I named it CatfishMa for her.
She wanted to keep up with the Xangans she has met....
Angi, Vi, Brett, Irisheyessmiling, Katers, Firefighterswife, CrazyKeys, Mellibella, Iloveaholiday, Danishdoll and Peahater, MomGoneMadd, AliasUndercover, CarmellaApple, Martna1, Dingdongdingbat, Donkey and Flash.
She even met Dan, of the theologianscafe.
Go say hi and welcome her.
She will not be very active in posting or commenting a lot
but she will read what is posted.Here are some of my posts about Mildred
Overcoming Jealousy
The Music We Grew Up On
My Mom Mildred
Beautiful Women (Edited)
The Creek
and here is my favorite pic of her
Comments (22)
What a great picture Beth. Love your mom's attitude. I've so enjoyed reading about your trips together. Looking at the faces in the picture you can see the "twinkle" in both of you.
Wow, you and your mom have met so many Xangans!!! I'll go give her a welcome now!
She sounds like an amazing woman!
Oh Beth that's one of my favorite pics of you two....YOUR mom is one awesome woman!!
Beautiful photo!! I have welcomed her. Hope she enjoys her time here.
You and she are blessed.
I love that picture of your mom -- it's always fun to look back at our moms and see how they have developed over time. And what a nice tribute to her, too! I hope she will become more comfortable with xanga and begin to write some posts...
Opps I forgot to mention I went and welcomed her too.
I just went to welcome your mom to xanga. Hope she enjoys all the posts.
Your mother is such a beautiful woman. I was so glad to be able to meet her, and I love that picture of her!
When you told me that you were bringing your mother along, I immediately told my mom she needed a day off work to join us as well. Our original plan was for me to just head on out there in my little Del Sol and meet you all at the restaurant, but overall, I'm glad you got to meet my mother.
Love the photo! I love the way you talk about your mom...she is obviously a wonderful woman.
I am off to say "hello" to your Mom! I couldn't agree more about what a sweet and genuine person your Mom is. I loved the short time we spent together. I love that she looks for the good in everyone and is so kind to all those she meets, it says so much about her heart!
Beautiful picture of your mom. Did you get the recipe I emailed to you?
I also like your favorite pic of your ma! How fun to set up her very own site!!! Perhaps I will get to meet her one day. I have a plan to visit your pointsetta display if at all possible.
I'm going to visit her
So wonderful how you love and respect her.
k - imma goin -what a cool thing - mom w/ a xanga...
Nope, not gonna visit her, she'd have to visit me back....
I have a tough enough time visiting Seedsower as it is....
I will go and say hi. : )
I really enjoyed meeting your mom and I love her accent! She was fun the way she talked and commented on things at Carriage Hill. I will go over there and leave her a comment!
That is a great picture Beth. My daughter started me on xanga also. She gave me my ID and set the page up. I have never been happier.I hope your mom enjoys xanga as much as I do.
I shall surely go say hi to her.
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