Meet Marie West
She was always there, to talk through hard times and to celebrate the good times. She make a meal meatloaf too.
About her
She is a force to be reckoned with. She grew up in rural Wisconsin, to a mom and dad who owned and operated a bleach factory. She met her husband, in second grade, they married young and had 3 boys. They then adopted a girl and the family was complete. She raised her kids to be loving, kind and productive members of society. She then felt called to raise her first grandchild, me. I am so blessed to have a mama like my nana, she taught me how to be kind and loving to others, through the love of Jesus Christ. She has battled cancer 3 times. Ovarian cancer twice and she is still here to enjoy time with the people who mean most to her. We love her deeply and feel honored to have a mama like her.
What made her special
She was always there, to talk through hard times and to celebrate the good times. She make a meal meatloaf too.
What she taught me
You sacrifice for the ones you love. She taught me the gift of forgiveness is more for me than the person who wronged me.
Why she deserves this
She’s a cancer survivor and a wonderful example of proverbs 31.
Lightly edited for length. The words are her family's.
Know a mom like this one?
Every so often I put one mom up here, in the words of whoever loves her enough to write in. There's no voting and nothing to win. She doesn't have to be having a good week, and she doesn't have to still be with us.
Tell us about her, and skip her last name, her town and her kids' names. We want to celebrate her, not put her address on the internet.
- We check with her family before anything goes up.
- Children's names never go up. Not once, not anywhere.
- Her family sees the whole thing before it's published.
- One message takes it down, any time.