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From the Minister's Study
Royall recounts lessons learned from mother
BY MARK ROYALL
HURON CHAPEL, AUBURN
It is 6:21 a.m. I just woke up
moments ago. I awoke from a dream
about my mom where, in typical
mom fashion, we had got her
laughing so hard she couldn't speak.
She would try but just spurts of
words would make it out before she
lost control again in fits of
boisterous laughter with joyous tears
streaming down her face.
This morning as I awoke from this
dream 1 was remembering another
dream I had about mom. It was about
Five generations
Recently a local family had cause to mark an occasion when five generations of the same
family all found themselves under the same roof. The occasion was Brandy Gregory's family
bridal shower held in Walton. From left: Marie Blake of RR2, Brussels, her daughter Anne
Williamson, her granddaughter Dianne Gregory, her great-granddaughter Brandy Gregory
and her great -great-grandson, Messer Wilson. (Photo submitted)
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six years ago while I was pastoring
and living out in British Columbia. It
was one of those dreams where
everything seems so real that you
honestly feel as if it is actually
happening. And the thing is, because
it seems real, your emotions and
body react accordingly even when
you are asleep.
In this dream I dreamt mom had
died and I was experiencing such
deep sorrow over her death. More
than that, I was overwhelmed with
regret for living so far away and
missing out on being with mom in
the final years and moments of her
life. The emotions I felt in this dream
were intense.
When I woke up I was so relieved
it was only a dream. However, I
knew the reality of my mother's
death was real and when she did die,
I didn't want to feel the regret and
torment I had experienced in my
dream. So Glenda and I felt it was
time to move back here to Ontario to
be closer to our parents and our
family. My father had died when I
was just seven years old so I grew up
with my sister and mom. We were
the three amigos. We were very
close. We loved each other, we
played together and yes, we laughed
a lot together.
The dream became reality when
one month and two days ago today,
my mom died. My sister Anne and I
were 011 either side of her as she laid
in bed. Anne was holding her hand,
my hand was on her back. We told
her over and over again how much
we loved her. We thanked her over
and over again for the great job she
did raising us. I have called it a
privilege being with mom in these
final moments, not because it was
easy or fun — it wasn't — but because
I could be there for her and with her
as she was there and with Anne and
me so many times.
As a pastor, I have been at the
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