Posted on 04/22/2009 2:44:49 PM PDT by Syncro
NELL HUSBANDS MARTIN COULTER
April 22, 2009
A lot of people claim to be my No. 1 fan -- God bless them -- but my true No. 1 fan left this world last week. My mother quietly stopped breathing last Tuesday, as she slept peacefully, holding my hand.
She was the biggest fan of all of us -- Father, me and my brothers John and Jim.
After reading the eulogy column I wrote for Father last year -- not to excess, probably only about 4,637 times -- Mother realized to her chagrin that she wouldn't be able to read the eulogy column I'd be writing for her, and started hinting that maybe I could rustle up a draft so she could take a peek.
But I couldn't do it, until I had to.
The only thing Mother wanted to be sure my brothers and I included in her remembrances were her contributions to the Republican Party, the New Canaan Republican Town Committee and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She was a direct descendant of at least a dozen patriots who served the cause of the American Revolution and traced her lineage on both sides of her family to Puritan nonconformists who came to America in 1633 seeking religious freedom on a ship led by Pastor Thomas Hooker. Or, as Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano would call them, "A dangerous right-wing extremist hate group."
Even back in the Puritan days, Mother's female ancestors were brought up on charges for their heretical dressing styles (and then sassed the judge). During the Revolution, one female ancestor, Effie Ten Eyck Van Varick, contributed to the rebel cause by donating lead for bullets from the curtain weights in her home in what was, even then, traitorous, loyalist Manhattan.
Mother's deep-seated political activism saved me on more than one occasion.
At the 2004 Republican National Convention, I was taking my parents to a lot of the parties in New York and, at one of them, Herman Cain walked up to me and told me he was a big fan even though I probably didn't know who he was.
Cain was the former president and CEO of Godfather's Pizza who was then running for the U.S. Senate from Georgia. I had seen him on Fox News' "Cavuto" -- but I couldn't remember his name for the life of me.
Luckily for me, Mother was standing next to me and she piped in, "I know who you are -- I donated to your campaign." Thank you, Mommy!
Mother probably contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to various conservative outfits over the years -- all in her little $20 checks -- especially to any organization that claimed it was going to stop Hillary. In fact, if they mentioned Hillary in their letter, Mother sometimes made it $25.
My brothers and I always figured we'd have no inheritance, but there would be a lovely memorial to Oliver North somewhere.
Mother may have thought her most notable characteristic was her Republican activism, but, for the rest of us, it was her constant, unconditional love. She was a little love machine, spreading warmth and joy wherever she went.
Read more at AnnCoulter.Com
Tears overflow at the sweetness and heart and the glimpses of Nell you shared .. so poignantly sweet a portrait .. and yet an obvious steel magnolia, who raised the most fearless and sharp gal I've ever observed. What a paragon of a good woman, and how blessed we are that she was yours.
God be with you and your family in this sorrowful time and provide you His peace. She's with your Dad .. Jesus is smiling.
A couple of beautiful women...I am so sorry Ann. My family will be praying for yours tonight.
What a wonderful picture of a girl and her Mom. The Grace in their souls just leaps from the image!
So now she's with Daddy and Jesus. Every single day since Daddy died last year, Mother would say how much she missed him and gaze at his photo, telling us what an amazing man he was and repeating his little expressions and jokes. Even though I miss her, I'm glad they're together again.Beautiful tribute, Ann. We grieve with you.
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My condolences to Ann and her family.
My deepest condolences to you, Ann. It is tough & words just don’t exist to truly express feelings in this situation, but as my parents both passed recently, I do understand and empathize. My prayers are with you!
May God comfort you and your family.
Wonderful tribute ... sounds like Nell is someone we’d all have love to have met. May she and dad Coulter enjoy eternity in God’s loving arms.
No matter how old you are when it happens, you are always too young to be an orphan.May G-d hold you and yours in the palm of his hand. My screen is blurry but my prayers for you and your brothers are very clear.
Prayers being said for the Coulter family- No matter how old you are when it happens- the loss of a parent hurts so much.
God bless and comfort you Ann.
many of us had dinner with ann and her Mom in Connecticut. She really was a keeper and she really was a sweetheart
Prayers on their way for you and the whole Coulter family.
BTTT
Ann, you have written such beautiful eulogies for each of your parents in the past year. They touched me for their personal side of you and your love for them. My prayers are with you and your family as your mourn the loss of your dear mother. May God keep her and your dad close to each other and to Him.
What a lovely tribute.
My deepest condolences on your loss, Ann.
Dear Ms. Coulter,
I lost my mother and my father. I know the pain you feel, the sense of loss, the happy memories and the love you will have with you forever and always.
Rest in peace to your dear mother and your dear father.
Peace and comfort to you and your brothers.
Prayers up!
God bless you and your family Ann.
Your eulogy is beautiful, touching, and a reminder to me of how dear to me my own mother is.
You bring tears to my eyes, both for your own sadness, and the same wrenching loss that we girls all feel upon seeing that beautiful face for the last time. Thank you for sharing your love and pain, in such eloquent words.
There is another Angel in heaven who’s name you know. I am certain that she is very proud of her daughter today!
God bless you.
Danae
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