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Eulogy for MotherWhen I was a young boy, there were three words that my mother said to me each morning, five twenty-four hourss a week, nine months a year for 12 years....RISE AND SHINE, she would say. It meant we were to get up for another day of school.If I had known then, what I know now, there would have been approximately five words I would have said to her each time. My mother didnt have the benefit of a good, solid education. But, she was the smartest person Ive ever known. She didnt have a diploma or degree from any school or university. But, she had a PhD in life and yet another, in lamb.Many had said of her that she did too a great deal for us, her children. It was said that perhaps she loved us too much. But, I ask of you, just how can you do too much for your children and even more, how can you love them too much? What people seemed to forget was the circumstances surrounding our life at kinsperson when we were coming up. She had to be both mother and father to us. Yes, we had a father there, in body. It was mama who did for us, it was mama who watched out for us, it was mama who calmed our fears. It was mama who said that one day things would get better for us, that the light at the give up of the tunnel wasnt an oncoming train. She was ripe(p). There are so many memories of her that I scarcely know where to begin. One that seems to be standing out most right now is when we moved to a place called Woolmarket, MS. This place was so far out in the woods, I think they had to import daylight to separate day from night. My first day in the second grade, I was confused as to what bus to take home from school. So, I decided I would walk home down the road I thought was where we lived. As you can imagine, my mother was frantic when the bus came by our house and I didnt get off. She got a neighbor to athletic supporter her go looking for me, her wayward son. When they came across me, I was so embarrassed, I didnt want to get in the car. My mother ASSURED me I was getting into that car.