herbiehancock

my sons then and now my mom in her younger days my mom and my sons  This was my first Mother's Day without my Mom.  It didn't seem right to not be able to see her today.  I am very lucky to have had her in my life, though, and I have very happy memories from my childhood and down through the years.  She gave me so much and did so much for me over my lifetime that I can never repay.  All I can do is pay the love she gave me forward to my sons as best I can.  My sons are treasured gifts to me.  I have been richly blessed.  I hope you all had a happy Mother's Day. Lord, for Mother's Day and the relationship it honors between mothers and their children, for my Mom, and for my sons, please let me be truly grateful.

Last weekend, the menfolk in my family went to the big auto show in Detroit leaving me at home and up to my own devices.  I had work that I wanted to get done at my mom's house, so I stayed behind.  I am still sorting through the things left in her house.  My brother and I each have only so much room for the items we want to keep.  Once the snow gets completely melted and the temperatures get high enough that we can stand outside without our faces freezing off, we will be having an auction to sell off what remains.  Personal things, like her clothes, won't be sold, of course. There is limited storage at the nursing home where my mother lives.  She shares one tiny closet with her roommate, and there is very little space for her clothes in it.  As a result, she still has quite a few clothes at her house that are in good condition and fit her but that there is simply no room for at the nursing home.  So I wanted to figure out a place to store her ex...

This is what made me smile today. my sons home for Easter pecan rolls for breakfast Easter candy a robin in the sticks beside the road a hyacinth a bunny in the yard Easter Sunday church service Christ is risen. Alleluia! Alleluia! He lives! visiting my Mom the glass-enclosed aviary at the rehabilitation center birds inside the aviary my sons with my Mom a song I hope you found much joy and many reasons to smile in your Easter Sunday, too. If you'd like to join in on Smiley Sunday, click the smiley badge below.