Happy Mother’s Day 2013 to all of you Mother’s!   My mother is dead and this is my 2nd Mother’s Day without her, so a glorious day for me, my sisters and their families … not so much. All 3 daughters of Patricia Diane Yoder Surface and RTS are hurting, and right now, feeling quite [...]

Four months without a mother, woe is me. As I talk to more and more people who have lost their moms, I found one consistent sentiment, losing your mother is THE hardest thing to go through. Men, women, youth, old folks, all races, creeds and colors, and in quite the gamut of professions I might [...]

3 months ago today my mom died. This piece reminds me of some of the wonderful life lessons that she taught me, decades ago. She was extremely intelligent, and soooo patient. I will always strive to be more like her. Remembering her today, and every day.   Technorati Tags: Pat Surface,Patricia Diane Yoder Surface,Patricia Surface,artist,Quincy [...]

My wonderful mother is gone. What a hard battle she fought. While some might say that she lost her war, I say SHE WON! She finally decided to leave her COPD riddled vessel behind. She was reluctant at first, I think mainly because she had been strong all of her life. She was worn out, [...]