A MOTHER’S HANDS
Her hands were soft and were quite warm,
they’d hold onto you through the darkest storm.
They’d lift you up and make you smile,
it was a gift to hold them just for awhile.
Her hands would do so very much
to bless all those who they could touch.
They’d serve her own with a heart of a Mother
and help a stranger like he was a brother.
Yet though they’re soft, believe it or not,
at the end of her finger was one small tough spot.
For though these hands were truly soft,
they often worked with a needle and cloth.
Over the years her hands would form
so many quilts that her finger was worn.
A quilt requires some needle and string
and many will help to finish the thing.
The beauty is that more than one
can look at the quilt and say “it’s done”.
But a quilt is not alone in that
more than one helped finish the act.
For a family also is like a quilt
though one comes from sewing, another is built.
One comes from needles, the other from love.
One is mere cloth, one’s like something in Heaven above.
But a quilt starts off simple, and a family too.
It’s a simple thing, it starts with “I do”.
But soon it grows to so much more
than all the dreams those two could store.
So it was with Margaret Dick, who loved one John and that was it.
But this was the morning, and before the sunset
came Bob, Judi, Roger, and Sharon Lynette.
A quilt and a family use more hands than one
and many will sew before all is done.
And as this quilt continues to grow
each hand is needed, yet we all know
that one pair of hands has done so much
to work on this quilt, make it soft to the touch.
She sewed the quilt with a grand design,
to follow God’s will was her plan in mind.
Now she has sewn for so many years
through many joys and a fair share of tears.
Her hands have worked by help from above,
not with thread from a needle, but with a Mother’s love.
We will never forget what her hands have done,
so much has been sewn by just this one.
By Blake Jenkins
Grandson
2-17-11
Funeral services for Margaret Flaming, 87, Corn resident will be 10:00 am Monday, February 21st at the Corn Mennonite Brethren Church, officiated by Pastor Tim Sandy with burial following at the Corn Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.
Margaret Flaming was born February 12, 1924 to C.H. and Anna Dick in Corn, OK and passed away Thursday, February 17, 2011 surrounded by her loving family.
Margaret was raised west of Corn and graduated from Corn Bible Academy in 1942. She married John H. Flaming on April 14, 1946 in Corn. She attended Tabor College in Hillsboro, KS. She faithfully served with her husband as he ministered in Ulysses, KS; Fresno, CA; Cordell, OK; Adams, OK; Okeene, OK and Corn, OK where they retired. Margaret was an active member of the Corn Mennonite Brethren Church where she enjoyed teaching Sunday School, singing in the Senior Choir, and quilting with the Women's Missionary Society.
She stayed at home to raise her family and then worked at the Corn Heritage Village. She loved spending time with her family, reading, and quilting. She had a deep desire to grow spiritually through Bible Study and prayer.
Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and a brother, Wesley Dick.
She is survived by two daughters, Judi Harms and Sharon Jenkins both of Weatherford; two sons, Robert Flaming of Houston, TX and J. Roger Flaming of Lahoma, OK and three sisters, Linda Stobbe, Orpa Epp, and Marlene Pauls of Corn. She is also survived by six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and lots of other relatives, church family, and friends. The family has suggested that those wishing to give memorials may do so to Corn Bible Academy.
