Happy Mother's Day!

That is my Mom!

I have a brother and a sister too, which I realize makes her more like- OUR mom... but... whatever.

My Mom is SUCH a beautiful, lovely, warm, sunny woman who often gets incrrredibly excited about silly little things (but not always silly) ((which makes her fun)) and wears her endearing and vivacious heart on her ever loving sleeve.
Mom is like a MAGNET for people!

People in church, at work, in her guild, her neighbors, her friends, her family. Everybody loves my Mom and wants to hear her take- they want her gossip and they often want her advice. Whats more is that of these people that flock to my Mother... they all seem to truly respect her along with the high regard they have for her and I am always struck by that. In reality, if she had her own talk show- she would be the Walmart of talk shows- because thats just how she does things.

My Mom is SUCH a wonderful lady, I really think the world of her and am honestly very impressed by who she is. In fact so many distinctly different elements come together to make up the woman that is my Mom it's hard to decide which things are the most important- impossible actually so I will just add that I have been trying so hard, for so many years to be like her in a great deal of ways.

Luckily in this case- or as fate doles it out- some of her strongest traits were passed on to me naturally through osmosis.... the rest were passed on through years of programming- in other words I have the high expectations and I can see "the ring" but sometimes I have had to really struggle against my natural inclinations toward laziness to achieve a part of what she spent so much time modeling for me.


My Mom has taught me all of my life about the value of hard work- not just working hard but making sure that to the average on looker you made it look easy.
Through watching her work her way through the world she taught me it is also very important that in the process of accomplishing a big project of some sort that you aren't a whiner so as not to detract from "making it look easy," and I learned that through THAT whole process you gain a distinct sense of pride in your own abilities. Something which I have observed in my Mom countless times.




Inadvertently my Mom has taught me a lot about looking inside rather than out- for the answers, or to accomplish something, both. Which as a child ended up being lessons that I despised and bucked against; as an adult I lean on and appreciate those lessons whole heartedly and it is knowledge that I try in earnest to pass on to my own children.


My Mom is an all around interesting person who really knows how to LIVE! She is SO much fun! I love her laugh and I love it when she laughs so hard she cries and still just laughs and laughs! She does what she wants (for the most part) and the things that she wants to do are incredibly creative as well as often, for the pleasure of others. Which is something, again, that I admire about her with my whole heart.



My Mom sticks with things, she doesn't give up, at least not without wearing out EVERY possible option and then a good pout. My Mom has taught me how to pout with my whole body. How to pout from my heart. Believe it or not, it is a skill and I have learned it from her!



My Mom is often a realist - mostly- and she taught me how to look at every possible option in a situation and to cover every base so that there aren't any surprises and I don't drop any balls because my Mom and I both hate it when that happens.




My Mom knows just how to attract the people and situations to her that she wants or needs and she is somebody that everybody wants to be around. She is also somebody that everyone can count on and she doesn't even know how special that is! My Mom has a wonderful imagination- it's no wonder she attracts so many people!







My mom is fiercely loyal if she is on your side- conversely, she definitely taught me that I am too good to engage in conversations- let alone confrontations with folks that don't matter to me! I should just stick my nose in the air and move on- which I do- rather well. (Mostly.)
((Thanks MOM))



My Mom is into some really interesting things.

I Googled her name and I actually came up with all sorts of stuff. Which makes me feel sad actually, that she is so far away and so I am less a part of her every day happenings than I should be or would like to be.

She is into World of Warcraft which she plays with my sister and my fiance even though I got her into it to begin with... she is into genealogy and between my Aunt Berta and my Mom, I have learned the most incredible stories about my family and where I have come from- it is really really special to me. the time and effort they have both put into learning our families stories.

Here is a link to her award winning quartet:
http://www.southfloridajubilee.com/quartets.php

And HERE!
I even found this article that she wrote to promote her silk flower business:

Using Silk Flowers - Should I?

By: My MOM, Sat Mar 25th, 2006

Many of the silk flowers available for bridal bouquets today look so real only the bride knows for sure whether they are. Using silk flowers in the bridal bouquet may not be for every bride, but many are taking a second look at the advantages.

One of the best reasons for choosing silk flowers for the wedding bouquet is that the beauty of the flowers will remain the same for many tomorrows as it looks today. Too often with a fresh cut bouquet, saving it means drying the bouquet. If you are not adept at drying flowers, they may even end up with mold spots. Even if they are dried appropriately, the colors will be faded. You can get a fresh cut bouquet freeze dried to perpetuate the true colors, but it must be done by a professional and can be expensive. Silk flowers will not wilt, mold, or fade on your wedding day or over the years that pass.

If you choose to have a silk flower wedding, you can plan and order your bouquets far in advance of the wedding. Most brides are very busy in the month before the wedding. Having to coordinate with a florist to have fresh cut flowers delivered to the wedding venue is just one more pressure point on the countdown. Also, if the fresh cut flowers do not look like you envisioned, when you get them it is often too late to change anything. When you order your silk flower bouquets as far in advance as six months before the wedding, you have plenty of time to ask for changes or to order extra pieces if other honored guests appear on your list.

Finally, in terms of the wedding budget, a silk flower wedding can be more economical than fresh cut flowers. The flowers you like are always "in season." Prices are not bumped by seasonal changes. Also, because you will be able to order at a time that you wish to, you can pay for the flower expense months ahead of other expenses that will necessarily come right before the wedding.

Whatever choices you make about your wedding flowers - silk flower or fresh cut - a good wedding flower designer will help you create beauty in your wedding bouquet.

About the author: My Mom designs custom-styled bridal bouquets and wedding packages for brides. Visit her website http://www.bridalsilkbouquets.homestead.com for ideas.

I could write about my Mom endlessly and that is something else which I love and admire about her. I am so proud and honored that she has taken so much time and effort into helping me grow into the person I am- which was really the main ingredient that made all of my dreams come true.

If you are reading- I love you Mom!

Happy Mother's Day!

Here's the kiss I wish I could give you today Mom- minus the musty, un-deodorized smell of the era and the weird way we often feel when some one else's kid randomly kisses us like they know us....



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Kisses and Hugs.

Alo