Sunday is Mother's Day, to any of you who might have missed the constant TV ads, newspaper inserts,radio spots and schmalzy movies on Hallmark channel.
Thought I'd take this occasion to thank my family for many wonderful Mother's Days, starting with cards where Jim signed their names, as they were too little to even hold a pen.
Then there came breakfast in bed, then breakfast at the dining room table, with good china, brewed coffee, maybe frozen waffles, raspberries and whipped cream. It was kids and Daddy, mother called when everything's ready. This has always been a day of pampering: "Sit down, read the paper with coffee while we do the work."
You can't beat that for a fabulous mother's day present.
Speaking of fabulous, I want to share my best-ever present. One year our laundry was down steep steps in a creepy, spider-infested, damp, moldy basement. (Old house, built in 1915.) I was having a hard time right then, can't even remember what the issues were, but I got so I could hardly go down into the basement to do laundry. And then of course it piled up.
(Ever notice that anything you put off always gets worse??)
The day before Mother's Day I saw Jim conferring with our two girls, about 14 & 16. Next thing I knew, the three of them were toting all the laundry out to the car. They took it all to the laundromat, did it together in a couple hours, and brought piles of clean, folded clothes back to me. WOW!
Best Mother's Day present I ever got, bar none. So here's to my great husband and four kids - thanks for all the happy mother's days you have given me! Love you.
♫♫♪♫♪ from Marg
Marg Marshall, 12:13 PM
1 Comments:
Wow, I'm an unbiased observer but you sure do seem to have a nice family!
