What Would GoGo Do?

The following is the eulogy I gave at Mom's funeral.

I have said many times that my mom was pretty dumb when I was a teenager, but somewhere around age 22 she started getting smarter and smarter.  By the time I had my first baby at 30, I knew that I’d never catch up and she’d be endlessly smarter than me. 

My mom didn’t teach me to wear make up.  She taught me that true beauty comes from inside your soul.

She wasn’t physically strong, but she showed me what strength of character is.

She didn’t encourage me to be competitive, she taught me that having fun was way more important than winning.

She didn’t teach me how to get ahead in my career; she showed me that real success is measured in love not in money. 

She didn’t teach me how to get what I want, she taught me that sometimes putting others needs ahead of your own is joy all it’s own. 

 She simply taught me, every day; about the kind of woman I wanted to be.  Without ever raising her voice, her message carried through.   She might have only been 5’4”, but her soul stood 20 feet tall.    There are endless stories and examples I could give, and I could stand here all day and explain to you why I was the luckiest daughter in the world, but instead I’ll just tell you to look at my Ellie’s beautiful blue eyes, Maggie’s joy for life, Jack’s wicked sense of humor, and Will’s sweet nature.  I will find her every day in them and inside my own heart.

We should all live our lives with one simple tenet, “What Would GoGo Do?”  If you do that, you’ll always do the right thing, and you’ll always have fun doing it.