This picture is rather a poor one... It is a picture of a picture taken at the cabin just two days before mom died.Okay, so here's the deal, I'm a very "big" girl. Married, children of my own...Married children of my own. GRANDCHILDREN!!! An Empty nester for heck sake...Having said all of that... I just REALLY miss my mom. There are days when I try to push that old lump in my throat down or keep the tears at bay but lately there seems to be no stopping the "missing mom" feeling for me. Now I am not trying to make anyone feel sorry for me because quite frankly I've got enough of that going on on my own. I would rather that you take a moment and think about how greatly blessed we are to have amazing women in our lives. My mom taught me to be tough yet tender, sweet but, with a little "sass". She was smart and ambitious and NEVER one to sit quietly and watch the world go by. There have been so many times that I have caught myself reaching for the phone, or longing for our weekend shopping trips or cabin getaways. Mom always liked the fall colors but, it was springtime that she loved the most. I think that is why I get all melancholy especially as Easter approaches...Nothing quite compares to being raised on Easter's spent with family and picnics with olives, eggs and sand dunes, or fried chicken and Margin Pass...
I miss that little redheaded firecracker. She was filled with charm and tenacity. I hope that as life continues to deal out it's blessings and also it's hard knocks I will remember the lessons taught ( I'm still trying to learn a lot of them) by her and the example that she was as she went through many peaks and valleys herself and did so with grace.
Yes mom, your influence wraps around me like the sun on a warm spring day. I will take time to reflect often on your wisdom and try to teach my children and grandchildren the way you have always taught me...which means that you sometimes get blamed when things go very wrong...I SO miss you, I miss you SO, SO, I miss you...Still.
"If we stop to think about what we do, really do, we are building for the centuries. We are building character, and tradition, the values, which meander like a river into the distance and out of our sight, but on and on and on" -Anna Guindlen
6 comments:
What fun to see a picture of you and your mom! I see so much resemblance in the two of you! Very sweet sentiments! There's nothing like your mommy .... as Cambria would say!!
Shauna is right... There's NOTHING like your MOMMY!
LOVE YOU
She was a very sweet lady! So glad I got the chance to know her for a while :) You can really see where you all get your sweet spirits and kindness from in her. And every time I look at your dad I see Bruce. So sad to see such wonderful people leave us so soon, but at least we know it's not forever :)
I am so sad that I never met your mom, and the awful part about that was that John and I were engaged at her funeral. So I can't believe that I had known him over a year and never even knew her. I only saw her in the hospital. Well I am sure that she is wonderful, and ditto to the previous comment. I am sorry you have been sad... : ( but hope you have a better day. LoR
Whow....I can really tell we are related. Mom has been on my mind alot too. For a lot of the same reasons. Mom and Dad's anniversary is on the 29th and she always liked to have her yards cleaned up from winter by the 29th. I am slacking this year in getting those yards cleaned. I have thinking...let's post an old memory just maybe once a month or so; just so we can have alot of those fun times documented. Check my blog and see kind of what I mean. Thanks for the good memories
Love Ya
I already cry too much about Grandma. I get reminded of her every single day and have a hard time controlling my emotions when it happens...so here I sit, bawling. I miss her too mom...I miss everything about her...her voice, her smile, her spunk. I know we're supposed to feel better knowing we'll see her again, but sometimes it's really hard making it all the way till then! I love you.
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