Mom’s 82nd Birthday

Today is my beautiful mother, Helen’s 82 birthday!  She is phenomenal.  I’ve planned a little get together for her with just family and unfortunately only about 7 of us can be there.  I say it’s the thought that counts, however, I absolutely got upset with everyone who couldn’t come and that normally (whatever normal is) is not like me.  Therefore, I must now spend the next week apologizing.  Oh well, I guess that’s growth on my part.  I am just so happy to still have both of my parents that I do try to write in my Gratitude Journal daily.

My mom is a fabulous woman.  First of all, she has the patience of Job.  She will be married to my father come next Valentine’s Day for 60 years.  That alone gives her accolades that should never end.  She is the best artist in the world, with a close second coming up behind her; my daughter Rhiannon.  They both have this aptitude to just look at a knitted project that has a mistake (here I am talking about my knitting and know exactly what to do to fix it.  My mom is a collector of fine items; many I don’t understand the thought process behind, but then that makes her Mom.  She collects fine china and crystal.  Fenton glass is both hers and my father’s favorite glass to collect.  Except I understand it is not “glass”.  Opps, I apologize for that error.  She collects the most phenomenal rocks and makes the most beautiful necklaces, rings and my favorite, bracelets.  She loves music boxes, recipe books, refrigerator magnets, and most importantly elephants (trunk up, not down).  She is just an avid collector.

To my credit, I’ve joined her artistic path and design cards, scrapbooks, 3-D home items.  She started me on the card designing when she learned how to do this intricate string art.  I really have to start photographing the cards as they are beautiful.  After I saw all the things she was doing with paper, I got the urge.  She however, left it in my hands to collect all the items we need to do every type of paper craft  thought of.  To date, we now have a beautiful collection of items to assist this in carrying out our crafting.

I do have to mention that my mom is also the most persevere woman I know and she keeps on things until they are complete.  When I was young my mother worked full time, kept the house, cooked all meals and helped my father build a mobile home court on her off time.  All the while, my mom has always kept up with her crafting and art work.  She is amazing.

I just never want to be without my mom, she is so good to me.  I’ve never understood anyone in the world who doesn’t put their mom on a pedestal.  The only thing is they should always put enough pillows around the bottom because she may goof once in a while, but I put her right back up there.  Today, I just want to urge you all to call you mom or see her and tell her how much she means to you.  Life is so short and I couldn’t stand it if I couldn’t tell my Mom everyday how much I love her.  If your mom is already with God, then talk to her anyway; I believe they know all that is happening with us!  And, for those of you who are not mom’s yet; just remember love your child unconditionally and that’s all you need.  Oh, and a lot of prayers, that’s always helpful!

I love you Mama, Happy Birthday!  Hope this year is your best yet!

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