Mother's Day Memories
Last night a friend of mine said that the most love he could think of was a room full of mothers. He had been to the nursing home to see his own mother and take part in the Mother's Day celebration, but I know the event was bittersweet for him. She's not in pain, and that's a blessing, in itself.
My Mother's Day was yesterday, when my middle child Matthew, his wonderful wife Laura, and my adorable almost-two-year-old grandson Evan were here. Evan and I played together all day, while his mom and dad surprised me with a new flower bed, a clean front porch, and a delicious lunch! What a wonderful memory that will make!
Flowers arrived from my son and his family in Minneapolis (see photo), however, the best Mother's Day present from them was the February 25 birth of their third child, a daughter named Claire Coleen (good Irish name!)
Daughter Kristin called from Memphis to tell me she had made it home from a training trip to Norfolk, and that was a Mother's Day present in itself. She called earlier in the week, supposedly to check on the cats, but I have a feeling that she was also checking on Mom, who received an adorable cat Mother's card earlier in the week.
I wish my own mom could be here to see her great grandchildren, as they grow and thrive.
Thank you, God, for the blessing of children and grandchildren, as we celebrate this most wonderful day!
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Do you remember that summer in Cape - before air-conditioning, when you came to visit us, and it was SO HOT? We used Grandma's sewing machine to make mumus. I had no idea what to do with that weird bobbin, which looked like a spaceship. Imagine my surprise when you threaded it and began sewing! I was busy being a teenager when Grandma was teaching you how to sew, up there in her bedroom on the Smith farm at Pyletown.
Didn't we also make curtains with that machine? There was a very strange attachment for gathering the material, if I remember right...