Comments on: Yizkor Memorial Service http://1000mitzvahs.org/2009/04/16/yizkor-memorial-service/ Mom. Cultivating Kindness one mitzvah at a time Mon, 21 May 2012 17:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ellen Kimball http://1000mitzvahs.org/2009/04/16/yizkor-memorial-service/#comment-326 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:56:37 +0000 http://1000mitzvahs.wordpress.com/?p=955#comment-326 Sorry for your tears, dearest Linda. I know I feel that way sometimes when I think of my mother and father. They did the best they could raising me, and it was not perfect. But when I think about how they had to sustain themselves in a very troubled marriage, through wartime, on very little money, I know they went the distance to be parents to me. Mother was SO young — only 18 when she married, and I came a year and a month later. Sometimes I feel guilty that I interrupted her college career. But I know both Dad and I kept telling her to go back to school. She never did, and I don’t really know why.

Now that so many years have passed, I miss them and wish I could visit with them again. I have so many questions that aren’t answered.

Such is life! Ask me anything! I’m not done yet…

Love,

Mom/Ellen

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