I Remember Mama in a Special Way
To the family of Mama Leach:
May U find comfort in the word of GOD for in the word of God we have a hiding place. Mother Leach taught me life’s most valuable lessons. To love God and his people.
She never met a stranger. She met people right where they were. She told me to always keep fifty dollars in my wallet. Stock up on staples, buy more than 1 can of soup.
She would say if your child can’t ask U, who do they ask? She told me I needed Triple-A so I got that and have had it for over 30 yrs. She told me to enroll in Verizon SSP (did that) she said U will need it 1 day.
She truly showed me what a real friend was like. She excepted me for me.
She loved German chocolate cake, corn beef, and cabbage, chicken, and dumpling, and I could add to those. She loved good food and plenty of it.
She would say to me to watch Charles Stanley on TV.
Through her aches and pains, she would always smile.
She said she woke up early in the morning so she wouldn’t miss
anything during the day. Sometimes she would let U have it only to turn around to help U out.
Her songs were soothing and she spoke with wisdom and excellency, but sometimes You would hear her say such words like PUT TIN, AND PUT TONE. YOU would know that was the mother coming out of her. She had the gift of service and operated in it well. Even though I didn’t see or talk with her often, we would just pick up where we left off.
I will miss her dearly. I am grateful for the lessons she taught me, now I can pass them on to others. I will always love her, she will always be in my heart.
My co-worker, my friend, Mama Leach.
Shirley Brown Stewart
