{"id":21282,"date":"2023-06-30T11:27:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T01:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/margiewarrellold.flywheelsites.com\/?p=21282"},"modified":"2023-06-30T11:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T01:27:52","slug":"let-the-love-you-share-be-the-legacy-you-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/let-the-love-you-share-be-the-legacy-you-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the love you share be the legacy you leave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s been over three weeks since my precious mum left this world and over two weeks today since her funeral. And oh, what a beautiful funeral it was!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it was sad. Yes, we cried. Yes, our hearts hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My siblings and I have lost our mum. Our eighteen children, a grand parent. My dad, his beloved wife of 57 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Mum\u2019s funeral was also filled with love and gratitude and paid tribute to her 84 years of life – in all its depth and breadth and beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the celebration back on the farm, where I grew up, many remarked, “You all did your mum proud.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, there\u2019s been tears since and more will flow. Sadness has its own timeline. But amid my grief, I\u2019ve stayed mindful of the blessing of my mum. More so, for a mother who embodied so many of the finest human virtues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I shared at her eulogy how mum was a woman who never spoke badly about anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How she always made people feel seen and heard and valued, particularly those who felt the least seen and heard and valued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mum had a gift for listening beyond words to the unspoken hurts on people\u2019s hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was not loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was not pushy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was not ambitious. Not for herself. Not for her seven kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was happiest working quietly in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For mum, living well meant loving well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is much more I could say about mum. For now, let me just say that I know mum\u2019s spirit lives on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It lives on in me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It lives on in every heart that her heart touched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It lives on in another realm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mum always encouraged us to use our gifts for others; to extend more compassion, less judgment; to forgive our failings and, when life weighed heavy, to keep faith and press on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, I can think of no higher or holier way to honor my mum than doing just that. I hope you will also. Not for mum, but for all those who you love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For as my darling dad often says, \u201cWe\u2019re all just passing through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s to keeping faith, pressing on, and letting the love we share be the legacy we leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margie x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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