Mentoring

As we get closer to the celebration of “Mother’s Day,” I think of the women who have been a tremendous influence in shaping my life.

My grandmother, my mother and my mother-in-law.

My grandmother taught me the beauty of flowers, gardening, sewing and cooking. She had her picture in the paper many times with the flowers she grew and the garden she raised. This began my journey as a Proverbs 31 woman. My mother taught me love unconditionally. She always told her children “to be there for one another.” Even when we were far apart in distance, our love carried us through some tough times in growin...