"Mama", up until the very end, was  always looking to do good for and to bring out the best in others.  She lived her life by example according to  the dictates of the Lord.  She was a  faithful wife, a loving mother, a loving grandmother, a giving sister, a cherished friend and a  shining example not only to her family but to the entire community.

 It is not what the  world give me in honor, praise or gold.
It is what I do give  the world, so others do unfold.

If by my work through  life I can another soul unfold,   
Then I have done what  cannot be made good by praise or gold.

One tiny thought or  tiny word, may give a great one birth.      
And, if that thought  was caused by me, I lived a life of worth.     

Advice From A Special Mother

1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.
3. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.
6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.
7. People favor underdogs, but follow only top dogs. Fight for underdogs anyway.
8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
9. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway.
10. Give the world the best you have and you may get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

My Mama Used To Say, Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free.

My Mama Used To Say, I brought you into this world, I can take you out.

My Mama Used To Say, It's good to be on top of the ground instead of the ground on top of you.

My Mama Used To Say, Don't get your meat and bread at the same store.

My Mama Used To Say, No brag, Just Fact.

My Mama Used To Say, My mouth don't make any promises my body can't keep.

My Mama Used To Say, If you see someone without a smile . . . Give them one of yours.

My Mama Used To Say, I'm not into breaking up anybody's unhappy home.

My Mama Used To Say, You don't stop living because you grow old, you grow old because you stop living.

My Mama Used To Say, Good neighbors come in all colors.

My Mama Used To Say, Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.

My Mama Used To Say, To forgive heals the wound, to forget heals the scar.

My Mama Used To Say, Make new friends and keep the old; one is silver, the other is gold.

My Mama Used To Say, If you have to eat crow, eat it while it's hot.

My Mama Used To Say, She can't help it, she just has big bones. (On being Over weight). Then she would say, "but she has a pretty face." (She always found something good to say about everybody.)

My Mama Used To Say, It's not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, its the size of the fight in the dog.

My Mama Used To Say, In our home the man is the head of the house . . . but I'm the neck that turns the head.

I invite you to share your Mother's one liners and funny words of wisdom with us.

Now here's the deal . . . This can be fun. If you have a one liner that you wish to share about your mother or someone else's mother, add it to this thread on myspace:

 Josephine Doretha Richardson-Harrell

(Wife of Jasper L. Harrell, Sr. Mother of ten children: Catherine Harrell-Lewis, Pastor Jasper Harrell, Sr, Pastor Roosevelt Harrell, Sr., Pastor Frank Harrell, Sr., Isabell Harrell-Cook, Leonard Charles Harrell, Pastor Henry Harrell, Pastor Herbert Harrell, Pastor Raymond Harrell & Deloris Harrell-Washington. Grandmother of 52 grand-children, a host of great-grand children, a host of great-great grand-children). 

To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say... but first of all, to let you know, that I arrived okay. I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above. Here, there's no more tears of sadness; here is just eternal love.
Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight. Remember that I'm with you every morning, noon and night. That day on Wednesday, March 20, 1968 at noon. I had to leave you when my life on earth was through, God picked me up and hugged me and He said, "I welcome you."
It's good to have you back again; you were missed while you were gone. As for your dearest family, they'll be here later on. I need you here badly; you're part of my plan. There's so much that we have to do, to help our mortal man.
God gave me a list of things, that he wished for me to do. And foremost on the list, was to watch and care for you. And when you lie in bed at night, the day's chores put to flight. God and I are closest to you....in the middle of the night.
When you think of my life on earth, and all those loving years because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears. But do not be afraid to cry; it does relieve the pain. Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain.
I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned. But if I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand. But one thing is for certain, though my life on earth is over. I'm closer to you now, than I ever was before.
There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb;
but together we can do it by taking one day at a time. It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too... that as you give unto the world, the world will give to you.
If you can help somebody who's in sorrow and pain, then you can say to God at night......"My day was not in vain."
And now I am contented....that my life has been worthwhile, knowing as I passed along the way, I made somebody smile.
So if you meet somebody who is sad and feeling low, just lend a hand to pick him up, as on your way you go. When you're walking down the street, and you've got me on your mind;
I'm walking in your footsteps only half a step behind.
And when it's time for you to go.... from that body to be free, remember you're not going.....you're coming here to me, your Daddy-Jasper Harrell, Sr. your siblings: Catherine, Jasper Jr., L.C. Frank, Roosevelt, Raymond and both your paternal & maternal grandparents.