MRS. JUDITH CATHERINE CAMPBELL

On December 15th, 2008 in the early morning hours, my Mother Mrs. Judith Catherine Campbell passed away after a serious battle with brain aneurisms and strokes. There are no words that could describe my Mother accurately or give you any real picture of who my Mother was--as She was so many things to so many people that mere words would seem to do her blessed memory a disservice.

But with that said, I can tell you that She loved baseball and out fished any man I have ever known. She loved a good cold beer after a long hard day. She was mildly adventurous on her own--but how Brian Campbell ever got her talked into going "White Water Rafting" for their honeymoon is a story left for the grandchildren to hear Brian tell--as this was no little feat indeed.

My Mom was always cold--She wore coats and sweaters even in the summer, and her little hands never seemed to find the peace of staying warm for any length of time. Far from defenseless, those little hands made more than one grown man scream and run for cover as their icy anointing was sneakily placed against the small of our backs and we would screech and run for cover! She loved her dogs, and complaining about the 30 pound "mountain lion" She called a Cat. I say "mountain lion" because I often told her that that beast was way to big to be a normal house cat--something that always made her chuckle and wistfully remark "he is just misunderstood."

Mom was allergic to the Sun, and hated the cold and She loved the comforting warmth of a good pair of socks; and any glimpse She could get of "Ichiro Suzuki" who was her favorite Seattle Mariner, which She often referred to as "My boyfriend;" this after her long and arduous healing process after the Mariners traded her first boyfriend "Ken Griffey Jr" to the Reds. She was larger than life and She was one of the most precious souls to ever live.

My Mother is survived by her Husband of many years Mr. Brian Patrick Campbell, who by all accounts of her last days, heroically and selfishlessly cared for our Mothers every need up until the day of her passing and beyond. I will always be indebted to Brian Campbell for how He loved and cared for my Mother for the duration of her illness.

Mom is also survived by her 2 Sons, a single Daughter and her Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren; and her two older Sisters and their families.

Judith Catherine Campbell lives on now in the hearts and minds of my family, and we will always cherish her memory; always having wished that we were closer while She was alive and looking forward to the promised resurrection where we will see Mother again.

I have but one thing left to say to and about my Mother to any and all who read this posting:

THANKS MOM FOR EVERYTHING


A MOTHER'S LOVE

A Mother's love is something that no on can explain,
It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain,
It is endless and unselfish and enduring come what may
For nothing can destroy it or take that love away . . .

It is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking,
And it never fails or falters even though the heart is breaking . . .
It believes beyond believing when the world around condemns,
And it glows with all the beauty of the rarest, brightest gems . . .

It is far beyond defining, it defies all explanation,
And it still remains a secret like the mysteries of creation . . .
A many splendoured miracle man cannot understand
And another wondrous evidence of God's tender guiding hand.

~Helen Steiner Rice~©









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"A Mothers Love," is the copywritten work of Mrs. Helen Steiner Rice and is in the public domain. Used by permission--Mrs. Steiner Rice retains all rights to this poem.