It was a year ago Feb 6th I lost my best friend and brother Dan. I pondered his passing with sadness but then reflected back on his life. He not only was the kind of guy that would give you the shirt off his back, I seen him do it. You Mom did good by You and your family Mike, that shows and will continue to be her legacy. I will say a prayer for you and yours. She no longer needs prayer, she is with God.
Even though this original post is a couple years old I feel for your loss. My MOM was cool like that too. She pass close to Three years ago. The pic of Your MOM wrenching is great. I remember my MOM was wanting me to degrease her engine on her 74 Malibu. I took too long to do it so she got out there with a bottle of Sunlight dish washing soap and did it her self. She did not like the engine degreaser smell Too funny. I asked her why didn't she wait. She said she didn't want to bother me since I was busy with work and other stuff. To this day if I don't have any Gunk I'll use the dish soap.