Mission Pains

"ON THE WINGS OF ANGELS, SHE TOOK FLIGHT......"

 

 

ONE HUNDERED AND FOUR YEARS, ONE MONTH, FIVE DAYS.

What a life!

 

She was born 6 years after the Wright Brother's took their first flight....she then lived to see man go to the moon.  She was there for Charles Lindberg.   She lived through World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and all the latest middle east conflicts.  Penicillin had not been discovered when she was born.  She lived through the stock market crash and the great depression.  She got a Master's Degree from Baylor when it was unheard of for most women to go to college.  She loved Robert and Elizabeth Browning.  She survived the Flu epidemic of 1918.  When she was born women did not have the right to vote. The Empire State building was started and completed after her birth. Princess Elizabeth became queen and Disneyland opened.  The Titanic sunk and the first silent movie happened after she was born.  Al Capone went to prison and Gandhi was assassinated, as was Martin Luther King, and John Kennedy. She witnessed the civil rights movements; the lunch counter sit-in in Greensboro NC and the march on Memphis.   She was an educated, working mom. She was witty, sharp, and at times a bit sarcastic.  She was known for astute intellect and for being a well-liked teacher.   She was fiercely defensive of her children, especially her baby Bob, who always got to win the game.  She really was a women before her time.  BUT, the thing I want my children to remember is that she was a women of God.  She was a faithful Bible reader and scholar of the scriptures.   The last time I saw her she told me she wanted to move on, but it was not her will, but the Savior's.  She had a "perfect love of Christ." 

 

Well done Wynnie, you endured to the end, you patiently waited on His will.

 

The mission experience is many things...it reaches all levels of emotion for different reasons.  The news this week of Nana's passing reinforces the importance of being close to family.  A bit melancholy.