What a beautiful spring morning, and what a beautiful day to celebrate Mom's birthday and her return to our Heavenly Father. What a great celebration there must be in Heaven with Dad and Dude and Grandpa and Grandma Beaumont and all of our loved ones.
What a day to celebrate the life of our greatest Mom in the world. I thank Heavenly Father every day for letting me have Sue Baldwin for my mother. I am very honored to take a few minutes today to tell you some things about Mom. Mom was the greatest. She was one of the hardest workers I know. She could work circles around me even in her later years. Mom always taught us kids to work. On Saturdays Mom and each of us girls would take a room of the house and compltely deep clean it. It wasn't done until it passed Mom's inspection and she was hard. She cleaned things that most people don't even know needs cleaning. She was a very good housekeeper and her house just sparkled. She took pride in taking care of her home. I don't think there was anything that Mom couldn't do.
When I was young we lived out to Manderfield. Mom raised chickens for the eggs and every now and then it was time to kill some chickens to put in the freezer. Mom would get a hot tub of water boiling and then she would chop the heads off six or seven chickens. Us kids would run around these chickens that were flopping around and pretend that they had come back alive. Mom would make the most delicious chicken and noodles with mashed potatoes. Dad said, she should make them by the tub full because no matter how many she made, we would eat them all because they were so delicious.
She chopped wood, she sold furit, she made bread, she washed clothes in an old wringer washer, she was the best cook in the world. I don't think she ever made a recipe that didn't turn out.
She took time for us. One time before going out the door for school I begged mom to make doughnuts. She said she had a busy day and she wouldn't time. All day long at school I was wishing for some of her yummy doughnuts. When I walked in the door from school, she had her delicious doughnuts all over the counter and all over the table. She did special things and tried to please us.
One time our family was going on an Easter picnic down to Mesquite and I was pregnant with Cindee and Mindee and had morning sickness quite bad. When we met mom and dad down there, I walked over to her car and I said." Mom I'm sure you didn't but I sure wish you had some raisin filled cookies." She said "Go look in the trunk." Lo and Behold there were some of her delicious raisin filled cookies. She was a mind reader and could tell what we needed or liked or wished for.
One thing I know for sure is that Mom really loved our Dad. They got married when Mom was only 16 years old. I guess they did it young back then. When each of us kids turned 16, we said "OK, Mom, we're 16 so now we are going to go and get married. (Even though we didn't have a boyfriend or had never even been on a date." she would say, "Oh no you're not. You're way to young. She said "If I had it to do over again, I would still marry your Dad that young, but you kids are way to young."
When we were little kids and dad was busy farming or bailing hay, Mom would make supper and we would go up to the field and take some dinner to Dad. She cared about him and was a devoted wife.
When Mom first got this illness, I traveled with her to several of her doctor's appointments. The doctor told her that it would take the whole village to help her get through this disease and I want you to know that we really appreciate this little village of Beaver, Utah and how each of you have helped Mom in the last three years. There are so many people and so many acts of kindness that I can't begin to tell you about all of them but I wanted to tell you about two of them.
She had a very special friend who when she couldn't drive down to get her hair done anymore, would come up to her house and do her hair at home and bring supper as well.
She had two special friends who would come to her house and bring a sandwich and eat lunch with her every other week when she got where she couln't get out of the house. When Mom went to the care center, they continued to bring lunch and eat with her. Whe Mom could no longer eat sanwiches and could only eat tomato soup. Guess what theese two special sisters ate for lunch as well: Tomato soup.
All of the nurses and nurses-aids out at the care center are the greatest!!!!!
I want you all to know how much our family appreciates each one of you for anything and everything you have done for mom.
There is a saying on my wall that goes like this,: IF IN THE END YOU HAVE NOT CHOSEN JESES CHRIST, IT WILL NOT MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN. I know my mother chose Jesus Christ by the way she lived her life.
I hope each of us will love each other just a little more, be kind just a little bit more often, look after others just a little bit more, love our spouses and children just a litle bit more. I have a testimony of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Because of him we will be together forever. I know that we will see our wonderful mother and father again someday. I say this in the same of Jesus Christ. Amen
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Very fun to read. She was always a very sweet Grandma.
My favorit part is hearing about her cutting the chickens heads off. What a tough lady. Don't know if I could do that! She was the best cook. I miss her Thanksgiving dinner the most.
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