December 11, 2023: This is now my most-read post. If you are working on a eulogy for your own mother, please accept my condolences. And if my eulogy is helpful, please consider purchasing a copy of There Once Was a Man Who Suffered, the book I wrote after my mother passed, or buying me a coffee. Thank you.

The rest of this post was published on June 12, 2021.

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This is the eulogy I gave at my mother’s memorial service a few hours ago. I have made some minor edits and added links to the Scripture passages quoted and the video commemorating my mother’s life.

On behalf of my family, I want to thank each of you for joining us today. We are grateful for your presence and for the many comforting messages we have received since our beloved mother went home to be with the Lord on May 5. Thank you.

Writing the eulogy for Lalita Edwards is at once easy and difficult. Easy because of her exemplary character and well-lived life, and difficult because she was my mother and this is yet another reminder that I will not see her again this side of eternity. There’s a reason the Bible describes death as the last enemy.

My mother was the epitome of the virtuous woman depicted in Proverbs 31. She was wise, generous, compassionate, hardworking, and faithful. Above all, Continue reading →