In Honor of My Mother-in-Law
This will be the first Mother’s Day without my mother-in-law Lynda Allen. She went home to be with the Lord on Black Friday last year, a truly black day for our family. In honor of my mother-in-law I thought I would share my eulogy with you. December 6, 2013 - Over the past week, preparing for this funeral I have learned a lot about the woman that raised my husband. Part of me is sad because I didn’t learn about these things while she was alive, but another part of me knows it’s because in many ways Lynda was a very private person and didn’t share much of her past with us. So, let me tell you a little bit of what I learned about the woman I called Mom A. Lynda was born in Chicago, Illinois on Jan. 20, 1925 she was one of 5 children. Her mother Susan was born in Poland and came to America when she was 17. Her father Jim, was American born, of polish descent. Lynda grew up in the Chicago area and had a happ...