Memorial for my mother Edwina Kathleen Cunninghmam

My mother Edwina "Winnie" Cathleen Cunningham was born on December 25, 1918 and died at age 86 on April 20, 2004. She was a loving, wise, compassionate woman and my first spiritual teacher. I did not have any siblings and my mother and I developed a 'you and me against the world" dynamic because of my father's alcoholism and the many challenges we faced and worked through on our own.I have written a book about the soul journey we shared and it is called I've Been There...A Testimony of Hope www.ibtbook.com Even with all the problems in our family Mom and I stayed strong and I was there as she took her last breath.

I inherited my love of butterflies from her and believe as she did that they represent deep spiritual transformation and that is why we chose them as a logo for Fresh Beginnings. In the last photo David and I took of my mother we snapped an image of her sitting in her wheel chair with a Christmas angel glimmering behind her. It always reminds me that even though I miss my mother in friend I know for sure that she has her wings and is flying free without the pain and suffering she experienced while on this plane.

For those of you who still have your mothers and have loving relationships with them on this plane or the next I hope this video honors them as well as mine. David and I both believe that no one ever dies if we talk about them and keep their memory alive and that there is no death...only other realms and that we will meet our loved ones in other realms when our time comes.