Mother's Day Reflections

It is going to be Mother's Day when I wake up in the morning. I have had a mother. I am a mother. And, I am a mother to two mothers and a son who is married to the mother of his children. I am thinking about three generations of mothers as I look forward to tomorrow. I am also watching a movie on the Hallmark channel about a young mother who will not live to see her child grow up.

I am fortunate. I had my mom for almost 87 years and I learned so many things from her. Most of all, I learned how to be strong and independent without sacrificing my humor, softness and femininity. I learned how to trust my feelings. My mom was a wonderful role model for how to be a mother and a woman in the world.

As I was going through a drawer today, I found these pictures and scanned them in. They made me smile and go back in time. Don't ever open a drawer when you are trying to get something done. You simply cannot stay in the moment when you look at pictures.

My Mother Margaret

My mom holding a little clown I gave her and a potted plant my sister, Linda, gave her

My son, Adam and daughter Kara, with my mom and me in about 1985 in the house I grew up in and all of us loved

Me lying in my mom's hospital bed with her and watching some tv

Mom wearing her coca cola shirt, drinking a cup of coffee and just being her good natured self

SO...................

For those of you who are great moms, those of you who plan to be great moms and those who have great moms...

REAL MOTHERS

Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of shag carpets.

Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.

Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' and get their answer when a little voice says, 'Because I love you best.'

Real Mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grade...It is marked by the progression of Mama to Mom to Mother...

THE IMAGES OF MOTHER

4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mommy can do anything!

8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!

12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.

14 YEARS OF AGE - Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either.

16 YEARS OF AGE - Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.

18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!

25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it.

35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion.

45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?

65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart,the place where love resides. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows. (This is an email my daughter, Sarah, sent me this week. Thank you Sarah!)

My special message to everyone..........Don't forget to enjoy every single day, love your mothers and your children. Reach out your arms because you are the link betweeen your past and your future.

The movie was Candles On Bay Street.........it was wonderful if you run across it!