My Mom, Sandra Garner is my inspiration in so many ways. Her stubborn fortitude and mine often clashed, but as I have grown older I respect her so much more. She is a cancer survivor. She worked 30 years as a school teacher and then began her second career of 17 years running our family farm. She was an only child and has dedicated her life to making sure her familys 268 year old farm survives for her grandchildren. I dont know anyone that works harder for their age than she does. Late nights, weekends, even lifting 75 lb boxes of meat. Recently, she pulled a muscle in her hip from lifting boxes of meat and could barely walk from the pain. I took her to the emergency room for a pain shot and some medicine. She was right back at work the next day, waiting on customers at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh. She kept us all together when we suddenly lost my sister Lynn. When I broke down, she told me to go to the bathroom and get myself together that the other family members didnt need to see me that way. She is the backbone of our family and my personal hero. I love you Mama and I just hope I have half the personal strength you do. I know Grandaddy is immensely proud of you.
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 00:40:54 +0000
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