Mary

Today, I want to honor a very special person in my life. Her name is Mary Morgan. She is my mother-in-law. Have you ever met a person who truly found Joy in everything they encountered? Have you ever met a person who made you feel like you could have been one of their own children? Have you ever met a person who found so much happiness and joy in being a grandmother? Have you ever lost someone and said "Only the Good Die Young"? Everything I just mentioned describes the kind of person my mother-in-law was. Saturday, was her birthday!

She was an incredible woman, mother, grandmother and friend. She had such an impact on people's lives and I bet she didn't even realize it. She was a true Southern Belle. This woman knew how to have fun, how to laugh and how to just find something good in everyone. She is truly missed, deeply and greatly! Alex loved his Mimi so. They were very close. She drove him to the babysitter's every morning from the time he was 3 months old until he was 2. I'll never forgot, a week before she passed away, we were visiting and they were talking. Alex asked her if she was always going to remember him. She told him "Always!" I had to get up and leave the room. This just broke my heart. It was so unfair for my little boy, who loved his grandmother so, to lose her at the young of 3. Today, we share with Olivia, this amazing woman that she will never have the privilege of knowing. Every time I see Olivia's big blue eyes, they remind me of Mary's. Both of my kids are smart as whips, something Mary was also. Even though she is not physically present, her spirit remains and lives on. I hope that I have made her proud with how Alex and Olivia are growing up. I try to find Joy in everyday things like she did. She was such a remarkable woman and I am a better person for having known her.

Happy Birthday Mary, we miss you and love you!