For my Mom, Maureen L Monette tribute
Channel: RAWHISTory x Nathan Histed
Date: 27/11/2016

[ad] #BetterHelp has sponsored #RAWHISTory - go to http://betterhelp.com/RAWHISTory for 10% off your first month. I don't know where to begin. I just want to thank everyone for the tremendous out-pour of love and support I've received. I never in a million years would have thought I would have to stand here in front of my family, friends, and loved ones and reminisce on my mom. I want to take this time to share a story I have with my mom. One of the most cherished memories I will ever have. I was born in Norwich, NY, and once my parents and I moved back to North Tonawanda, I never had the chance to see where I was born, the place we lived, and where my father worked. We took a vacation to Corning NY, a place she went to when she was a young girl. We had so much fun that day, we even got a chance to blow our own glass. She made an ornament, and I made this paper weight. She had to help me because the heat from the glass was so warm, I had got scared. After Corning, we drove to see the Lucy museum. She loved "I love Lucy". We then went to Norwich where she took me to see the hospital where I was born, the apartment we lived in, and even the ice cream stand she would always go to when she was pregnant with me. I will never forget the look on her face, how fulfilled she was, because she always wanted to take me there. She was so full of life, and thats how I will always remember her. The last few years of her life were filled with dreams and aspirations for our family to become whole again. She loved each and every one of you, and that's something I want you to know. I will never for get her laugh, her beautiful brown eyes, her crazy curly hair, and when she would get mad, her triangular nostrils. I always knew when she was mad, just by looking at her nose. We would always joke about that. She had the best sense of humor of anyone I've ever met. She would always try and find the good in every situation, and when she couldn't she knew she had the love and support of her friends and family to get her though anything. It's hard when something like this happens so out of the blue. You don't have time to prepare yourself for something like this, and even if you did, I don't think the pain would be any less. She always felt like she was here for a reason, and at times she never knew what that was. It's clear to me now, her purpose on earth was to be my mom. She may not have always done the right things, but at the end of the day, I always came first. That's what I will remember her for. She was so giving, and so caring. She would give me the last $10 she had, just so I could go see a movie with some friends. I have faith that she is watching over me right now with a big smile on her face. I love her so much, and that's one thing I know she will never forget. My love for her is everlasting, and It's going to be so hard for me to get through this, but with her light shinning over me, I know I can face anything. I want to end this with a lyric from a song she would always sing to me, even when I was a baby.

Forget your lust for the rich man's gold 
All that you need is in your soul, 
And you can do this if you try. 
All that I want for you my son, 
Is to be satisfied.
Boy, don't you worry... you'll find yourself. 
Follow you heart and nothing else. 
And you can do this if you try. 
All I want for you my son, 
Is to be satisfied.

She got me this ring for my birthday last year, and it says "Wherever you are, You will always be in my heart" and I know, no matter where ever she is, she will always be in my heart.

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