Tomorrow is Mother's Day. A special day for families to be together to celebrate Mother. My mother has been deceased since 1986. She died at age 80. She was 39 when I was born. I never had sibligs but always gathered friends at our home. My parents were fun to be around. My dad was quite a tease, always with a smile on his face, or a joke to get his point across. So friends always felt welcome. My mother always offered friends something to eat or drink. She would have a snack ready when I got home from school. She was always there for me. Listening and sensing whether I had a good or bad day that needed to be talked about.
I realize that I had very "special parents", loving, strict, interested in my activities, encouraging, and trusting. When Cal and I became parents we both brought the childhood experieces we had growing up. The Poppink family had similar values as the Morlock family. So the blending of our parenting skills seemed to fit together quite well. Our sons are now husbands and fathers. I love watching them interact and play with their young children. Tess, Mia, Cal and Nora are blessed children with loving parents and grandparents. We all love them so much. We will continue the lessons we have learned from our own parents. Guiding our grandchildren with lessons learned from home.
Mother's Day is a day to celebrate family!! Happy Mother's Day!!
Martha
Martha - thanks for sharing your memories:) Happy mom's day to you. Hope it's filled with joy and you're blessed with your family. Love - Pat
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ReplyDeleteI remember your Mom and Dad and they were wonderful people. We were always running in for a snack and then heading back out on the lake for more swimming and sunbathing. I am lucky to still have my Mom and yesterday was a very fun day with her and my children and grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteTake care Martha. Love ya'
I hold very dear the memory of our Mother's Day picnic at Hidden Lake Gardens. Maybe 1988? I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day! You're one of the best I know! Love you.
ReplyDeleteWhat I recall most about Mother's Day is that we all went to church, but before church my father and I would go to the florist to get a corsage for my mother and grandmother and also for ourselves. My father wore a white carnation because his mother was no longer alive and I wore a red carnation boutinere (I am not a spell champ) because my mother was still alive. After church we would always go out for dinner, usually at the Oberlin Inn which was about 30 miles from our home, but was my mother's favorite restaurant. So quickly the days and years went by. I lost my mother 20 years ago to combination of strokes, alzheimers and other illnesses. The last three years or her life were horrible and it was truly a blessing for her and my father when she passed. I think about her everyday.
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