Happy Mother’s Day 2013

When my Mother was alive, I was not a big cemetery visitor and she held very little hope of me visiting her gravesite let alone decorating it. I think she would be pleasantly surprised to discover her first-born child to be a regular visitor.

Last Mother’s Day I planted a bleeding heart by her grave. In our geographic area, the bleeding heart blooms in May just in time for Mother’s Day. Small, perfect hearts adorn the perennial making it a perfect plant to remember mothers; at least in my humble opinion. With a little hope and a little rain, my plan was for bleeding hearts to decorate Mom’s grave each Mother’s Day.

It was a good, well thought out plan until the cemetery landscape crew weed whacked my bleeding heart in its first year of life. Shame on them! Today, I found my bleeding heart a mere three inches tall and struggling to survive. 

I will wait and see if my little plant survives. But not to worry, the good news is that maternal love survives generations.  

My Mom taught me about motherhood.

Have a Happy Mother’s Day!

Linda

Mother’s Day

My mother is an angel and this is the fourth Mother’s Day that I celebrate her as an angel. I never imagined living life with an angel mother. I wish I had, for I would have been more thoughtful and deliberate in how I celebrated each Mother’s Day while she was alive.

My mother was born to be a mother. Motherhood meant everything to her. She invested every fiber of her being into her children from the moment each child was born until her last breath of life.  I know for I was at the beginning and the end and witness to everything in between.

Mom kept a book, Safeguarding Motherhood, by Sol T. De Lee M.D. It was her guidebook to pregnancy. I recall her referring to the book during my first pregnancy. Saving that book speaks volumes about her loving dedication to her family and the profession of motherhood.

Thank you for taking the time to read about my Mother on this day dedicated to all mothers. I would love to hear something special about your Mother. If you can, please take a moment to share a special memory about your beautiful Mother.

With Love,

Linda