A woman of character and strength...
A woman whose words touched many...
A woman with integrity and courage...
A woman many knew...
A woman many respect...
But to me...
She was the one I call...
Mom
A few would never realize how much someone would mean to them when they are still around; only when they leave this life that it would sink in. Yet, in death we don't celebrate what could have been and what words we could have said. In death, we celebrate the life and legacy the person had over this world.
My mother was not the world's greatest mom. She had her flaws and she had her share of things she could have done differently. Yet, even as a child, I always looked up to her. Her strength as a woman is incredible. To be the bred winner of the family, yet still have the time to share a cup of tea and coffee with her husband is amazing. She was always the rock that held the family together. However, what is so amazing about her legacy were the lives she have touched.
Her charisma, leadership, and aura as a woman of strength and character transcends through the people that surround her.
My mother always said to me, leaders are not born but made, yet I see in you the kind of leaders we should have in this earth. To serve with a heart that gives, and to be a beacon of what should be a utopian society.
Idealism
Hope
Heart...
Those qualities each one of us should possess to lead people, and qualities we need to be what we can be. To not be scared to speak your mind, and to have no fear in living a life of no impossibilities.
People always ask me where I get this passion in life and this courage to seize opportunities; and I always believed in my heart it was my mother who gave me that spark. It was her words to an 11 year old girl that allowed me to pursue life with a regard to never step on anyone as you climb the ladder of success.
My mother's legacy as a woman of incredible strength, resiliency and character lives on, and as we say farewell to her in this life I am sure that her memory will live on.
She has achieved few people have in this life...
She achieved immortality...
People will always remember a Ma'am Racks in their lives. A woman who have touched so many hearts and inspired so many of the youth leaders of today.
And as her daughter, I will strive to be what she have always sees in me.
To my hero, and my rock...
My mother..
Thank you
