Moms Across Generations
When: Saturday, May 7, from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Where: Christus Victor Lutheran Church; 4110 Central Avenue Pike
We all share a mother’s heart. Join us as we honor moms across the generations: our moms, each other, and our children who were also moms.
The program will include Amanda Kay, who will sing and share her story with us. All moms are welcome to also share, perhaps a special poem or their own story. Moms are invited to bring photos of the moms in their lives or of their children.
We will have a craft activity, led by Ruby Buchanan, to make flower arrangements. Silk flowers and fillers will be available, but moms are also welcome to bring their own and a foam base.
A refreshing variety of salads will be provided by B & G Catering.
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We Remember
May
- Heather’s birthday (Cindy Turner)
- Gordy’s anniversary (Shari Arnold)
- Cavion’s birthday (Danielle Holloway)
- Lana’s anniversary (Jennifer Hopkins)
June
- Kelby’s birthday (Mitzi Atkins)
- Unique’s birthday/anniversary (Tamica Delaney)
- Josh’s birthday (Melissa Childs)
Mom Profile — Sandy Pedro
Hello! My name is Sandy Pedro. I live in Seymour, Tennessee. The house I live in now, I have only been here since January 12, 2016. I moved from my mom’s house because she passed away on November 3, 2015. I lived with her for a little over a year to help take care of her.
I am a widow. My husband, John, passed away May 2002…the same year as my son, Danny. I have two other children: a daughter, Wendy (33) and a son, James (29). Wendy has two children: Cloie (14) and Jake (10). They both live with me. James has a son, Xander, 18 months old. I have had full custody of Cloie and Jake for 18 months.
My youngest son, Danny, was 12 years old when he died on December 19, 2002. He had several medical issues (kidney disease being the main one). He had two kidney transplants and was waiting on a third when he had a stroke and died.
I have a lot of good and bad memories, but Danny was my life. He loved to swim and did so very well! He also collected match box cars, which I still have.
Find Something Beautiful
Lisa Beamer on Good Morning America – If you remember, she’s the wife of Todd Beamer who said ‘Let’s Roll!’ and helped take down the plane over Pennsylvania that was heading for Washington, DC back on 9/11.
She said it’s the little things that she misses most about Todd, such as hearing the garage door open as he came home, and her children running to meet him.
Lisa recalled this story: “I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her insight with a classroom of students…….
As the late afternoon sunlight came streaming in through the classroom windows and the class was nearly over, she moved a few things a side on the edge of her desk and sat down there. With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, ‘Class is over. I would like to share with all of you, a thought that is unrelated to class, but which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves. None of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment.
Perhaps this is God’s way of telling us that we must make the most out of every single day. Her eyes, beginning to water, she went on, ‘So I would like you all to make me a promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice.
It doesn’t have to be something you see; it could be a scent, perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone’s house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground. Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may sound trite to some, these things are the “stuff” of life. The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted.
The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester. Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all overlook.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. Go barefoot. Or walk on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home tonight to get a double dip ice cream cone. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn’t do.