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Remembering Agnes
Remembering Agnes contains short essays written by her family along with photos that document her life. Interspersed are prayers, meditations, and inspirational quotes Agnes collected and lived by. Towards the end of her life, our Mom slowly declined with dementia. She struggled to form new memories, but her ability to recall old memories was still sharp. Since she had studied the Bible nearly her whole life, I would talk with Mom about her favorite passages and their meaning as she approached the end of her life.
Mom’s life has not been an easy one, but she has most certainly lived it with purpose. And through it all, she has danced. She was small of frame but full of joy. She was in perpetual motion: praying, reading, caring. She truly gave of herself more than anyone I know. I do not know how she survived the never-ending piles of laundry and the constant worries bestowed by her children.
She is the most giving person. People often said, ‘Agnes you worry too much.’ Up until the last few years of her life, Mom was in fine fettle. She laughed in fits. Watched what she ate. Exercised. Prayed daily. Wrote in the margins of her Bible. She was doing something right. I think, ‘Perhaps I don’t worry enough.’
Mom was there through it all as she witnessed her husband dying, delusional with dementia. Because she’s short and kind and looks like everyone’s favorite Grandmother, it’s easy to think she’d wilt at adversity. You should have seen the wonder of my Mom’s grace and strength in the most difficult days our family experienced: the death of Dad. When things get me down and life seems hard, I always think, ‘I should be strong like Mom.’
Mom’s life has not been an easy one, but she has most certainly lived it with purpose. And through it all, she has danced. She was small of frame but full of joy. She was in perpetual motion: praying, reading, caring. She truly gave of herself more than anyone I know. I do not know how she survived the never-ending piles of laundry and the constant worries bestowed by her children.
She is the most giving person. People often said, ‘Agnes you worry too much.’ Up until the last few years of her life, Mom was in fine fettle. She laughed in fits. Watched what she ate. Exercised. Prayed daily. Wrote in the margins of her Bible. She was doing something right. I think, ‘Perhaps I don’t worry enough.’
Mom was there through it all as she witnessed her husband dying, delusional with dementia. Because she’s short and kind and looks like everyone’s favorite Grandmother, it’s easy to think she’d wilt at adversity. You should have seen the wonder of my Mom’s grace and strength in the most difficult days our family experienced: the death of Dad. When things get me down and life seems hard, I always think, ‘I should be strong like Mom.’
54 pages, Paperback
Published May 10, 2022
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Michael Rowley
18 books16 followersI'm into health, fitness, graphic design, illustration, environmental and social justice, and writing. I often have dozens of books from the library and read multiple titles at once — many I don't finish.
Author of educational books with visual mnemonics to learn Japanese and U.S. Geography: Kanji Pictographix and Fifty States of Mind.
New books in the works for learning the times tables and learning to recite the alphabet backwards.
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Author of educational books with visual mnemonics to learn Japanese and U.S. Geography: Kanji Pictographix and Fifty States of Mind.
New books in the works for learning the times tables and learning to recite the alphabet backwards.
CreativeKi.com is my design studio for books, covers, packaging, logos, and branding. I work with authors to design and produce titles.
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