Awww Monday April 16, 2018

2018 Photo Project

Photo # 102

 

I found this little card in a book

that a friend loaned to me.

It was as if my mother had stuck it in there

as she used to sing this little poem

to me when I was in bed going to sleep.

 

 

2018 Photo Project

Photo #103

 

Such cozy memories....thanks Mom... 

~~~~~

Awww Monday February 8, 2016

Happy Birthday to my Mother

 

My mother with my little sister Nina

April 1965

 

The six of us had a wonderful mother-

Here she is at 42 with the youngest-

our little sister Nina.  She passed away 23 years later and a day does not go by that

 something will remind me of her.

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Big thanks to Sandee for Awww Monday !!!

 

Magpie Tales #242 Airborn.........

Cemetery in Dublin, Ohio
Tess Kincaid of Magpie Tales

You were the center of my universe

My teacher and first friend

You taught me how to treat others

And value each day as if the last 

You are gone now but still here

Not buried under a cold stone

           But like                               

                       a  leaf drifting           

           in the air                            

                  you are with me  

       everywhere                              

~~~~~~~~~

Saying goodbye......

Saying goodbye
With last words of wry humor

Hidden meanings while joking

Knowing in our hearts
We were saying Goodbye.


~~~~~~~~~
My Mother died far too soon.
The last time we saw each other
I knew- and I think my mother knew
we'd never see each other again.
In a strange way we joked lightly.
I still wonder if we shouldn't have done it differently.
Thanks to Poetry Jam for this compelling image.
If you would like to read other
 takes on Goodbye go here:
http://poetryjaam.blogspot.com/2013/05/goodbye.html

Magpie 120-Nag nag nag....

Some mothers have said:

"Elbows off the table

I'm not amused

Eat your veggies

Eat your fruit

NO!

 You're not excused

Finish your dinner

Clean your plate

Use your fork

Don't waste food

NO!

You cannot stay up late

Think of all the starving children

In Kuwait

In China

In India

NO!

Sit up straight"

Meanwhile the child is thinking:

"Thank god we're vegetarians

Just think how I'd look if I ate meat....

hmmm that could be neat...."



Thanks to Tess Kincaid for this challenging image
by Klaus Enrique Gerdes
and to see what other folk's have come up with go here:
http://magpietales.blogspot.com/ 

Magpie #117 Memories of my Mother

Tribute to Helen Elizabeth Hauss Worsley

 My Mother died 26 years ago this October 15th.

I've never stopped missing her nor appreciating the lessons she taught me.

One of my fondest and strongest memory of her was when we all went

cabin camping up at Olallie Lake at the base of Mt Jefferson in Oregon.
She was already ill, but was a good sport and came with us. 

Our cabins were rustic and without electricity or running water but

they did have wood stoves to cook on.

So all one afternoon my mother and my brother Paul tended the fire

and made sure our dinner of scalloped potatoes and baked salmon

was cooked to perfection. It was a wonderful meal and is a delicious memory.

My mother gracefully made things look easy and effortless.

We always referred to that meal in the woods as Mothers' Loaves and Fishes dinner.

Happy Mothers Day to all !

Magpie #34

Remember on windy nights

lights would flicker and go out

making rooms seem dark and bitter

Fathers would grumble

and root around

while Mothers would light candles

making a warm sight

Telling us stories til we fell asleep

knowing she was right

that there would always be light

in the morning.