Birthday Blessings

Norma Katherine Peters Funk

Born September 16, 1947

She is clothed with strength and dignity;

she can laugh at the days to come.

She speaks with wisdom,

and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

She watches over the affairs of her household

and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Her children arise and call her blessed;

her husband also, and he praises her:

"Many women do noble things,

but you surpass them all."

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;

but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Give her the reward she has earned,

and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

Proverbs 31:25-31

This is who my mother is.

I have learned much of value from her:

to protect,

to listen,

to pray,

to trust,

to persevere,

to wait,

to learn,

to never stop growing.

She is a woman of great character, a woman of tender wisdom and kindness, a woman of deep faith.

I am blessed to call her Mom.

Happy 65th birthday, Mom;  I wish you many more!