Today I went through my mom’s “prayer drawer” in her nightstand. It’s where she kept all her religious articles and prayer books. I found many treasures. There were prayer cards and Mass programs for friends and family who had died. I found a prayer book over 100 years old that my mom had signed her maiden name in cursive on the front cover. There were a few rosaries, pins, and scapulars. One scapular was very tiny and old. I’m sure it was the one she received for her first Holy Communion. I also came across the small hard covered prayer books that both my mom and dad were given for their first Communion. In the papers was a booklet arranged by their beloved nun from high school who was the choir director. The mimeographed, stapled 30 page booklet was uplifting musings and quotes. I’m not sure I had ever seen that one before. It was easy to identify which prayer books were my mom’s favorites. I prayed some of them with her and am grateful for those memories. They went back into the drawer along with the keepsakes. Many other items were fairly new and had been sent by different organizations. I collected all those to donate to an outreach chapel. It was a blessing to look through the drawer and appreciate the faith that my mom had. I’m grateful she shared it with me.

I Found God today in my mother’s faith.