Mother's Day

Celebrate the special women in your lives this weekend, whether it be your Mom, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother, friend, neighbor or co-worker.  Go out of your way to give them a smile and see what a difference it makes in their day.  Surprise them with their favorite coffee, a bouquet of spring flowers, a meal you prepared for them, maybe a book they would enjoy while taking some time for themselves, a gift card to a local garden shop so they can buy their flowers and vegetables to plant.  Or give them a card with a heartfelt message telling them they mean a lot to you.  It's the little things that make life long memories.  A sweet memory of mine is visiting my Grandma each Thursday for years when our children were younger. Before their school years, we would visit with their cousins and Grandma would make hot dogs and baked beans with pringles as a side.  The children would play in Grandmas house that had so many special memories to me from when I was a child.  Grandma would bring out the basket of toys from the closet that she kept for all of her great grandchildren and it brought excitement each time they saw the basket.  After my children started school, I continued to see Grandma and either take lunch to her or we would go out to lunch.  After some time, Grandma had to sell her home and live in assisted living where I continued to visit Grandma weekly until she sadly passed away.  There were times with work, school and sports commitments it was hard to keep the schedule, but I am so happy I made the time.  These visits and lunches are memories that bring a smile to my face when I think of them.  They made a difference to my Grandma, and she always told me how she looked forward to our visits and chats.  It's the simple things that make a difference.  

To all of our special women in our lives, may you have a happy weekend and thank you for all of you do and the difference you make in our lives💟

I want to wish my daughter Kaitlyn of the blog, Kaitlately the most wonderful 1st Mother's Day.  You are a loving, generous and special Mom to our baby grandson whose happiness shows the daily love he sees because you show him never ending happiness and joy.  And a Happy Mother's Day to our daughter in law, Lisa of blog Balancing Lisa, who dedicates her being to making sure our grandson and granddaughter have all they need in the world to be the loving and kind children they are! You both make us so very proud and you are loved beyond words!  And to my dearest Mom, I thank you for all of your love, and having great patience raising a large family in the loving home you and Dad provided, always watching over us and keeping us safe, and for pressing our dresses and shining our shoes before church each Sunday and holidays.  I still feel your arms around me and I love and miss you every day! xoxo