“there are only two things a child will share willingly;
communicable diseases and its mother’s age.”
-dr. benjamin spock
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happy mother’s day to all
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image credit: vintage ads
May13
Tag Archives: mother
Aug16
this is mama.
dropped off the family entries
to the library’s annual lego building contest
there were so many good ones to see
elaborate, creative, funny, scary, lovely, colorful, detailed
some were quickly assembled
some took many hours and days to create
some made by children, some by adults,
some made by both working together
but it was the one above that really caught my eye
it was beautiful because
it was clearly made by someone
out of pure love
created by ivy, a preschooler
her piece’s title
written by someone
who knew how to write their letters
simply read:
‘this is mama.’
it was magnificent.
—
“every block of stone has a statue inside it
and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”
-michelangelo
May23
under her wing.
when learning to swim, sometimes one needs a bit of extra help.
—
“water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. there is no life without water.”
-albert szent-gyorgyi
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image credit: bradley cooper
Apr10
one day, one mother, three daughters, three happenings.
had tea and morning meditation with one
surprised and had coffee with another
shared a friendly birthday dinner with yet another, at her in-laws’.
–
it was a good day.
—
‘be happy for this moment. this moment is your life.”
-omar khayyam
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image credits: google images, pinterest
Oct2
four.
a relaxed and wonderful evening
spent with my three daughters
dinner at the prickly pear cafe
then
movie and laughs and talk
just the four of us
enjoying each others’ good company.
because of them
i have always known
that
four is my lucky number.
—
“love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.”
-john lennon
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image credit: google images
Jul27
for irish katie –
for irish katie who loved the world
and
left way too early
and
for her daughter rachel
who inspired
the happy nods of her mother’s head
and
who carries on
under the beautiful light
of her mother’s smile.
—
“death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
-from an irish headstone
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– and for all of those who have loved and lost someone dear to them
county donegal, ireland
May8
knowing mom.
early mother’s day surprise movie present
courtesy of
my daughters
who remember prince and his music
as a part of their days
growing up with me
and
we
watched him on the big screen
and
sang and danced
with 1,000 other people
of all ages
who remembered him too
and we even
smuggled in food
in a big purse
just like the days
when we didn’t have a lot of money
but we did have
a lot of dollar movies
a lot of music
and
a whole lot of love.
—
happy mother’s day to all who mother
and to those who really know their mothers.
Jan28
the struggle is real.
my friend/great mother of 5 active young children
is at it again –
the following quote was her post
yesterday on Facebook
and i think she’s great:
“Wishing I had a fairy godmother…
Or maybe just a cleaning lady (or man).
Kids are gross.
Nobody warns how gross they can be.
Do you know what words I uttered today? –
” Who peed in the toothbrush rinse cup”?
Honestly …. The struggle is real.”
-nm
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her friend replied –
“i like that, but remember that time your twins peed in the cat litter?”
—
Apr1
poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. – robert frost
when a kinder
in my class
asked me
to show her
how to spell
these words
it was
because
she was
writing
a
birthday card
for her
mother
and
there
could be
no finer gift
than
this
beautiful
poem of love
she created.
Aug1
in search of my mother’s garden, i found my own. – alice walker
she called it
her butterfly dress
my mother
a young girl
in italy
twirling
carefree
spreading her wings
all the world before her
and
at her
happiest
before life
got challenging
and things
were
never the same
for her
and she
lost her wish to fly
and this is how
i want
to remember her
on this date
that was
both
the day
she was born
and
the day
that she died
and
i still want
to think of her
twirling
and
carefree
at her happiest
in her
butterfly dress
—
the thing that interests me most about family history is the gap
between the things we think we know about our families and the realities.
– jeremy hardy
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