“Every time I dare to do a good thing I’m doing it in the name of my mother.” Maya Angelou
I want to be a good person. I really do. I try really hard sometimes to be a good person. Most of the time I can handle it but then there are times that doesn’t happen. But I do try.
There are times that I do dare to do something good. Those are the days that I make up my mind that I am going to do good, come hell or high water.
Because it’s late at night and I’m tired I can’t tell you about those times but I’m not supposed to tell you about them anyway. They won’t count, you know, if you tell someone about them.
I can tell you about the good things my mother did. I cannot fathom how many bank statements she would balance and teach people to use a check register. She was a banker. People came into the bank totally upset because they were overdrawn and they had no idea how to fix it. She put people on a budget. I remember a few of her customers who would come in for financial counseling with every paycheck.
Mom was a wonderful listener. Don’t get me wrong, she could talk you under the table. But she listened when she needed to and she heard what you were saying even if you didn’t speak those words.
She was a woman of faith. She would share her faith with you but she would never stuff it down your throat. I never knew this then but she had a direct prayer line. I know all of her prayers were not answered the way she wanted but she never questioned God. She had a wonderful relationship with the Blessed Mother.
Which leads me back to Maya Angelou. Mom led me to the Blessed Mother. She gave her to me because she had to leave this earth. I know she leads me especially when it comes to my children. But the Blessed Mother is always with me and she leads me where I need to go.
So any good that I do I want you to know it is because I am the daughter of Carilynn Pierce and a child of God, through the intercession of Mary, the mother of God.
They deserve all the credit.